Sumer Empire
The first people to develop a system of written laws was this civilization.
Who were the Sumerians?
About this year B.C.E. the Akkadians conquered Sumer.
What is 2300?
The king of Babylon that was best known for the code of laws that applied to everyone in the kingdom.
Who was Hammurabi?
These were built to bring drinking water to the city of Nineveh.
What are aqueducts?
This was one of the entrances into Babylon.
What was Ishtar Gate?
Early people who lived in the Fertile Crescent began doing this to survive.
What is the farming?
He was the powerful king who ruled for 56 years.
Who was King Sargon?
Hammurabi was known for creating these two things that helped Babylon to thrive.
What are roads and the postal service?
The Assyrians were very skilled at this type of warfare.
What is siege warfare?
He was the Neo-Babylonian empire's most famous, ruthless king.
Who was Nebuchadrezzar?
This form of writing uses wedge-shaped characters.
What is cuneiform?
This was their greatest achievement.
What is creating the world's first empire?
Babylon was on the banks of this river.
What is the Euphrates River?
The Assyrians used this to decorate thrones, beds, and chairs.
What is Ivory?
(Blank) & (Blank) were constructed to keep Babylon safe.
What were (walls) and (moats)?
Sumerians had a complex society. They had developed this agricultural tool.
What is a plow?
These helped to make Agade a cultural center and a rich & powerful city.
What are tributes?
Hammurabi's rule ended in this B.C.E year.
What is 1750?
They perfected the use of what two items in battle.
What are horses and iron weapons?
Nebuchadrezzar had this rebuilt between 605 and 562 B.C.E.
What is the city's ziggurat?
This is a Greek word that means the “land between the rivers.”
What is Mesopotamia?
Akkadians became especially well known for these three-dimensional sculptures.
What are steles?
Hammurabi's Code applied to these people.
Who was everyone?
Assyrians were feared for their (blank) and known for their (blank).
What is their military might and cruelty?
The Neo-Babylonians were conquered by him in 539 B.C.E.
Who was Cyrus?