MESOPOTAMIA
Type of writing developed by the Sumerians
Cuneiform writing system
Between which two rivers does Mesopotamia arise?
Tigris and Euphrates
What is the meaning of "Mesopotamia" in Greek?
Land between rivers
Name three important city-states during the Sumerian period
Ur, Uruk, Lagash
What people, characterized by their violence and ferocity, invented the siege tower?
The Assyrians
What modern countries can be found today in the area where the Mesopotamian civilisation developed?
Iraq, part of Syria and Iran
What is a ziggurat?
Temple in the shape of a terraced pyramid with successively smaller levels; the last one was the sanctuary.
Name two important mesopotamian gods
Marduk, Isthar, Apsu, Innana...
Mention three characteristics of the Mesopotamian free-standing sculptures that represent kings or notable figures praying.
big eyes
static
inexpressive
symmetrical
frontal
Mesopotamian mathematical inventions
sexagesimal system, arithmetic and geometry
Year in which Persia conquered Mesopotamia
539 BC
Architectural inventions that the mesopotamians left us
arches and vaults
List the stages of the history of Mesopotamia.
Sumerians, Akkadian empire, Babylon E., Assyrian E., Neo-Babylon E., Persian E.
Name of the king who built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Nabucodonosor II (Nebuchadnezzar II)
How many laws appear in the Code of Hammurabi ?
282