Geography and Ingredients of a Civilization
Akkadian Empire
Babylonian Empire
Assyrian Empire
Neo-Babylonian
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A ziggurat is connected to this ingredient of a civilization.
Religion or religious system
100
What is a city-state?
An early city that was like a small, independent country with its own laws and government
100
What is a capital?
A city that is the center of government
100
What is a siege?
A military blockade and attack on a city to force it to surrender
100
What does "Neo-Babylonian" mean?
New Babylonian
200
The two rivers that run through Mesopotamia and flow into the Persian Gulf.
Tigris and Euphrates rivers
200
In order to keep control of an empire (a large territory made up of different cities and different groups of people) you must have this.
One central government
200
Why was Hammurabi's Code an important political achievement?
These written rules/laws unified the entire empire and applied to everyone. They preserved order and peace and held people accountable.
These written laws helped King Hammurabi control his empire, rather than having different laws for different city-states. In some cases, these laws gave women and enslaved people more rights than they had in other societies.
200
What is an aqueduct?
A pipe or channel that carries water across long distances to bring water to cities and towns.
200
What is a tyrant?
A cruel and oppressive ruler
300
Besides Mesopotamia, this is another name for the area of land where the world's first civilizations developed. Today, this area includes modern-day Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, and Egypt.
Fertile Crescent
300
What job did Sargon give his daughter in the city of Ur?
High Priestess (the earthly representative of the moon god, Nanna)
300
Why does the stone stele with Hammurabi's Code include Shamash, the god of justice?
Hammurabi claimed that the gods had told him to create laws that applied to everyone in the empire. The gods gave these laws their power, so the people of Mesopotamia would never disobey them.
300
These two-dimensional sculptures were a cultural achievement of the Assyrian Empire.
Bas-reliefs
300
What famous achievement is show in this image?
The Ishtar Gate, dedicated to the goddess of love and war
400
The wheel and the sundial are two examples of this ingredient of a civilization.
Technology
400
These are two reasons why Enheduanna is famous today.
1) She was the first named author in history
2) Her poems are the earliest examples of an author using the first-person perspective
400
Why was it important that the city of Babylon became a major center for trade?
Trade helped the empire's economy and brought in new resources, people, and ideas.
400
What are battering rams?
Long, heavy beams on wheels used for breaking down walls.
400
The Book of Daniel includes King Nebuchadnezzar II because he conquered which capital city?
Jerusalem
500
This is the name of the written language used in ancient Mesopotamia, with wedge-shaped characters carved into clay tablets.
Cuneiform
500
What are three ways King Sargon maintained power and prevented rebellions?
Possible answers: 1) Destroying city walls
2) Removing disloyal governors from power and replacing them with people loyal to Sargon
3) Commanding that his sons would rule after his death
4) Assembling and training a large military to fight in tight formations
500
What is one reason why you could claim Hammurabi's Code was unfair.
Possible answers: 1) The laws did not value and treat all people equally. Women, enslaved people, and people of lower social classes had less rights than gentlemen/upper class men.
2) There were violent punishments that were too brutal and did not fit the crime.
3) The laws could never be changed because their power/authority came from the gods, so there was no way to adjust an unfair law.
500
Why did the Assyrian Empire end?
It became too vast (large) a territory to control. The army was stretched thin, and the Assyrians could not fight off several different groups who rose up against them. They had many enemies because of their brutal military tactics.
500
These are two cultural achievements of the Neo-Babylonian Empire.
Possible answers: 1) Skilled mathematicians and astronomers created the first sundial
2) They made discoveries that led to our present-day system of a 60-minute hour and a 7-day week
3) The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
4) The “House of the Platform of Heaven and Earth"