Rulers
I made the first empire
Who is Sargon I or Sargon the Great?
The belief in many gods
What is polytheism?
I was the world's first civilization in the Mesopotamian region.
What is Sumer?
This process that was developed by the Sumerians allowed water to be moved from the rivers to their farms fields.
What is irrigation?
I made the first law code
Who was Hammurabi?
I was the main god of the Mesopotamians
Who was Marduk?
I was the civilization led by King Hammurabi.
What is Babylonia?
I was the hero of the first epic
Who was Gilgamesh?
the invention that improved farming in Mesopotamia
irrigation canals
A brutal civilization that was very war like and would often conquer the civilizations around them.
What is Assyria?
I am the body of water to the west of Mesopotamia.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
After leaving Ur, Abraham led his Hebrew people here
What is Canaan?
I was the king of the Chaldeans who ordered the construction of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon (and I enslaved the Hebrews)
Who was Nebuchadnezzar?
the earliest Sumerian city-state to grow in importance
What is Ur
This group was the first group to map the stars and building the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.
What is the Chaldeans?
Mesopotamia is often referred to as the ________ because of the shape of the area and its rich soil.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
A city that is also a separate independent state with its own god or goddess and government.
What is a city-state?
I was the greatest king of the Assyrians
Who was Tiglath-Piliser III?
These were built by Hammurabi to encourage trade and make travel easier
What are roads?
The group who created a new alphabet and traded purple cloth.
What are the Phoenicians?
This civilization was a crossroads of trade because of its central location in Mesopotamia
What is Babylon?
City that became the site of the world's greatest library and a center of learning
What is Nineveh?