Sumero-Akkadian
Give one factor on the shift of power and development in Mesopotamia.
How many years did the Akkadian empire last?
100 years
He is the Sixth King of the Amorites.
King Hammurabi
What is the name of the city of the Assyrians?
Assur
Neo Babylonian is also called ________.
Chaldean Period
Who are these outsiders who possessed aggressive military skills?
people from the Arabian Peninsula
Who is the mighty and brilliant leader of the Akkadians?
Sargon the Great
King Hammurabi is best known as __________.
"King of Justice"
Who is the greatest leader of the Assyrian empire and the son of Sargon the Great II?
Sennacherib
What is the first colored gate in history? Describe.
Ishtar Gate - blue-glazed bricks decorated with lions, bulls, and dragons.
Give the 2 remaining factors on the shift of power and development in Mesopotamia.
The official language of Akkadia.
Give one law on Hammurabi's Code of Law
Give the factors why King Sennacherib was able to expand the empire's resources.
- access to overseas trade
- access to timber, minerals, and iron
- improved civil and military system
Why was the Hanging Gardens of Babylon built by King Nebuchadnezzar?
He built it for his wife who missed the hills and mountains in her homeland, Zagros.
Who are what they call the "en" and "lugal"?
En- male consort of female goddess.
Lugal- king/ruler
Give the short life story of Sargon the Great.
He was said to have been floated by his mother down the Euphrates River and was found and brought up by a poor gardener. When he grew up and became the cupbearer of the king of Kish, as the story goes, Sargon deposed the king after violating a religious ritual and made himself' King of Akkad.
Give the two remarkable developments in the field of Mathematics.
1. Field of mathematics:
temple scribes were already using
multiplication and division tables and
calculating square roots, cube roots,
reciprocals, and exponential functions.
2. division of an hour into 60 minutes;
division of a minute into 60 seconds;
division of a year into 12 months.
What is the greatest contribution of King Sennacherib?
He built a library for the palace.
Give the reason for the fall of the Chaldean Empire.
Rise of the Persian Empire led by Cyrus the Great.
Ur Nammu's kingdom became a center of _______ and ___________.
commerce and worship
Describe the fall of the Sumer-Akkadian Empire
It collapsed from the attacks of the Amorites and the Elamites
Give three reasons/factors of the collapse of Hammurabi's kingdom.
1. collapse of the governing skills of the successors
2. salinization of the Mesopotamian soil
3. powerful groups came to conquer
Give two reasons of the Fall of the Assyrian Empire.
- internal wars
- Alliance of Medians and Chaldeans
Discuss the greatest contribution of the Chaldean Empire in Science.
Field of Astronomy
- phases of moons, movements of the planets,
"wandering stars", eclipses, stars, etc