Name that Civilization
Lived in Mesopotamia
The Summerians, Semites, and Amorites
Area between two rivers
Mesopotamia
Known as one of the "Seven Wonders of the World" for its handing gardens
Babylon
Name the city that the Assyrians build the first library.
Nineveh
Which civilization was overthrown by Medes and Chaldeans?
The Assyrians
Name the first city created by the Sumerians
Ur
Syria
The Sumerians
This civilization has the oldest recorded laws in history called the Hammurabi's laws.
The Amorites
This civilization established the first known "empire."
The Semites
Babylon became home to which two civilizations
Assyrians and Amorites
An area where first great civilizations developed in the world
The Fertile Crescent
Name the river in Babylon that helped produce goods.
The Euphrates River
The Sumerians
The Sumerians invented the earliest form of writing called...?
cuneiform
Name the first civilized people.
Egyptians
Name the river that runs through Eygpt
The Nile River
Created canals to irrigate and water desert lands
The Egyptians
This civilization designed the first 12-month calendar
The Babylonians
What three things were the result of the Egyptians creating irrigation and conserving water?
1) measuring land 2) geometry 3)engineering
What civilization did King Nebuchadnezzer come from?
Babylonians
Name the two major Egyptian cities near the Nile River.
Memphis and Thebes
What civilization produced so much extra food that many people were able to live within the walls of the cities?
The Sumerians
This specific construction considered the pharaoh's symbol of power.
pyramids
Name the pharaoh that caused the decline of Egypt.
Amenhotep