Empires
This was the first empire in Mesopotamia.
What is the Akkadian Empire?
This king was the king of the first empire.
Who is Sargon?
Mesopotamia was part of this current day country.
What is Iraq?
The belief in many gods.
What is polytheism?
In the creation story, this god complains that his kids are too noisy; he is put into a deadly sleep.
Who is Apsu?
Hammurabi was a king during this empire.
What is the Babylonian Empire?
This king was famous for his Code of Laws?
Who is Hammurabi?
Mesopotamia is the location of these two rivers.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
A temple built to serve the god of each city state.
What is a ziggurat?
In the creation story, this god creates man, but only to serve the gods.
Who is Ea?
When the Chaldeans overthrew the Assyrians, this empire was established.
What is the New Babylonian or Chaldean Empire?
This king built beautiful gardens and temples, but exiled the Jewish people from their homeland to Babylon.
Who is Nebuchadnezzar?
The good farmland that extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
The type of writing used in Mesopotamia.
What is cuneiform?
This character in the earliest piece of known literature is the king of Uruk?
Who is Gilgamesh?
Cyrus the Great and Darius I were both kings of this empire.
What is the Persian Empire?
This king divided the kingdom into 20 provinces and assigned satraps to govern each one.
Who is Darius I?
Iran was once known as this ancient land.
What is Persia?
A tax paid for protection within a city state.
What is a tribute?
This character king was seeking immortality after the death of his friend.
Who is Gilgamesh?
Sargon was the king of this empire.
What is the Akkadian Empire?
This king allowed the Jewish people to return to their homeland; he also followed the god Zoroaster.
Who is Cyrus the Great?
This place was known as the "land between rivers."
What is Mesopotamia?
The provinces created by Darius I were ruled by these.
What are satraps?
This creature is sent by the gods when Gilgamesh rejects Ishtar; Gilgamesh and Enkidu kill it.
What is a bull?
This empire had brutal warriors who rode horses and used iron weapons to conquer Mesopotamia.
What is the Assyrian Empire?
Daniel from the Bible served in this king's court, and was relied upon to interpret the king's dreams.
Who is Nebuchadnezzar?
The Jewish people were exiled to this capital city during the reign of Nebuchadnezzar.
What is Babylon?
282 rules that reflected an eye for an eye.
What is Hammurabi's Code of Law?
This god can be found in the creation story as the patron god of Babylon.
Who is Marduk?