Geography
The land of Ancient Mesopotamia is located between what two rivers?
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Where were temples built in Ancient Mesopotamia?
In the center of the city
This was created by Ashurbanipal to attack and conquer cities by breaking down walls.
Siege Tower
A period when there is not enough rain or snow.
Drought
How did Shamshi Adad get people to obey him?
He killed anybody who would not do exactly what he said.
Describe the climate and geography of Ancient Mesopotamia
• Hot & Dry Climate
• Flat Muddy Plains, No Forests
In Ancient Mesopotamia, What does Polythesic Mean?
Believed in many or multiple Gods
What number system did the Ancient Mesopotamians Create?
(Mesopotamia Achievements)
Based on 60
60 minute, 60 second
A person who wanders or roams around.
A Nomad
Hammurabi is known for what?
Being a fair King who ruled by using a set of laws everyone had to follow.
Land that is a good place to live because it had water, good soil, and plenty of plants and grass.
Fertile Crescent
What do B.C. & A.D. and B.C.E. & C.E. mean & which are religious?
A.D. & B.C are religious.
after death & before Christ
before common era & common era
Written language Ancient Mesopotamians created
Cuneiform
A city that is part of a larger civilization with its own king and army.
City-state
Who built the library in Nineveh?
There were five major cities in Mesopotamia. Name 2 of them.
Akkad, Assur, Babylon, Nineveh, Uruk
A grand gate was built by Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar to honor what Goddess?
Ishtar
Name 3 Inventions / Achievements of the Ancient Mesopotamians
• Sailboats
• Plow
• Wheel
• Irrigation built levees
• number systems based on 60
• Cuneiform
• Written Laws
• Epic of Gilgamesh
The first set of written laws.
Hammurabi's Code
Who was found in a basket as an infant and had the king killed?
Sargon
Name the body of water that flows into the Tigris & Euphrates Rivers
The Persian Gulf
Which ruler thought he was more powerful than God and went mad?
Nebuchadnezzar
The people of Mesopotamia's main crop was this.
Wheat/Barley
The largest structures in a Sumerian city. (rectangular stepped tower)
Ziggurat
He built Hanging Gardens for his Persian wife.
Nebuchadnezzar