Assyria
The empire lasted more than three centuries
How long did the empire last?
They were the first to build massive double and triple walls around the city.
Why were they so important?
Gilgamash rejected this person.
Who was Ishtar?
“The land between two rivers” in the ancient Greek language.
What does Mesopotamia mean
The geographic area in between the rivers Tigris and Euphrates, also known as the “land between two rivers."
What is Mesopotamia?
With powerful weapons.
How did the organize their army?
This ancient city of Babylon (today in the modern nation of Iraq) started out as a small and typical Mesopotamian city-state. Centuries later, strong leaders and new ways of organizing their government made Babylon the powerful capital of an empire.
Why did the city became more powerful?
The gods sent it down to punish Gilgamesh.
What is the Bull of Heaven?
Mesopotamians invented new forms of irrigation to help bring water to their crops in times of drought.
Why did Mesopotamians invented irrigation?
A place in southern Mesopotamia, where cities first appeared.
What is Sumer?
The empire was good at trading.
What was one benefit of the empire?
Was the first leader to write a code of law.
Who was king Hammurabi?
Gilgamesh gained this after his journey of eternal life.
What is wisdom?
These rivers provided included water for farms, fresh water for drinking, homes for fish and water birds easy transportation by boat, bathing water, and reeds and mud on the river banks for making containers and structures.
What Is the Tigris and Euphrates river?
An ancient Mesopotamian temple tower with outside staircases and a shrine at the top.
Is this Ziggurat?
They were the first in the world to make weapons and body protection from iron. Iron is a strong and heavy metal.
What made it possible for Assyria’s leaders to form a giant empire?
Some of the Babylonia's got something from conquering it's neighbors.
How did the Babylonia get there wealth?
Gilgamesh and Enkidu slayed this monster.
Who is Humbaba?
The rivers flooded farms.
Why were the rivers so unpredictable?
A small, independent country with its own laws and government.
What is City-state?
The Assyrians built long roads for their soldiers and tax collectors to move around.
How did there economy grow?
There were 60,000 people during a time period.
How many people were the during the Second Millennium BCE?
She got eternal life from a flood.
Who was Utnapishtim?
Where the rivers begin.
What were the Taurus mountains?
The belief that there are many gods.
What is Polytheism?