This ruler of Babylon ordered massive building projects to make his empire great and glorious again. This included a huge wall that surrounded the great temples.
Who is King Nebuchadnezzer II?
100
The pyramid-shaped place of worship an many ancient civilizations.
What is a ziggurat?
100
This invention by the Sumerian people made transportation easier.
What is the wheel?
100
Mesopotamia was located between these two rivers
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
200
a form of wedge-shaped writing used by ancient peoples.
What is cuneiform?
200
282 laws with strict and harsh punishments. They were carved into stone on a 7 foot tall statue in Babylonia.
What is the Code of Hammurabi?
200
The religion of the Hebrew people.
What is Judaism?
200
These people used the seas to travel throughout the ancient world, trading and spreading new ideas between civilizations.
They also invented the alphabet that we use today.
Who are the Phoenicians?
200
The capital of Israel.
What is Jerusalem?
300
a system of transporting water to crops
What is irrigation?
300
This Akkadian ruler united all of Mesopotamia, creating the first empire.
Who is Sargon?
300
Abraham's covenant with God was the beginning of the first type of this religion, which said the people would only worship one god.
What is Monotheism?
300
Invented by the Lydians to use in exchange for goods while trading.
What is the coin?
300
This is the modern day country where the Fertile Crescent was located.
What is Iraq?
400
a large territory consisting of many different places under the control of a single ruler
What is an empire?
400
Hammurabi was the first ruler to collect these from the citizens to use for his building projects.
What is taxes?
400
The belief in many gods. The Sumerians, Akkadians, Assyrians and Babylonians all had this belief about the gods.
What is polytheism?
400
One of King Ashurbanipal's greatest achievements. This proves to historians that the Assyrian people valued education.
What is The Library of Nineveh?
400
Due to its central location in Mesopotamia, this empire was known as the Center of Trade.
What is Babylonia?
500
a person born later into the same family.
What is descendant?
500
The belief that gods chose the kings in ancient Sumeria.
What is divine kingship?
500
The holy book of the Jewish people. It is so sacred that no one is allowed to touch it.
What is the Torah?
500
This person may or may not have existed, but was written about by the Sumerian people as a wise ruler that searched for eternal life.