Mesopotamians created the first writing system. This writing system is called what?
What is Cuneiform?
This place was the first to arise in southern Mesopotamia.
What is Sumer?
I was the leader of the first empire, Akkad.
Who was Sargon?
We were allowed to go to school and learn Cuneiform in Mesopotamia
Who are upperclass boys?
The first of this type of place was built in the city of Nineveh.
What is a library?
In Sumer, these people ruled the city-states at first, and they were apart of the upper class.
Who are priests?
The term that means to believe in many gods.
What is polytheism?
King Nebuchadnezzar II built this historic site for his wife, and to add to his wealthy, beautiful city.
What are the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?
Mesopotamia stretched from the Persian Gulf, and northwest to this other sea.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
This term is when a group of merchants travel together to trade, mainly for safety purposes.
What is a caravan?
These people took tribute from innocent people, and had very harsh punishments.
Who were the Assyrians?
Name 3 Sumerian inventions.
What is the wheel, sailboat, plow, Cuneiform?
"An eye for and eye, and a tooth for a tooth" was a saying from this.
What is the Code of Hammurabi?
Mesopotamia is often referred to as the ________ because of the shape of the area and its rich soil.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
The Assyrian king separated his empire into different political districts called this.
What is a province?
In ORDER, name the four out of the five empires that ruled throughout Mesopotamia.
Akkadian, Babylonian, Assyrian, Chaldean, Persian
Name the groups of people in the Sumerian middle class. (3) Then name the people in the lower class. (2)
What is farmers, merchants, artisans?
What is slaves and criminals?
This Mesopotamian city was known for having advanced irrigation systems, and King Gilgamesh lived here.
What is Uruk?
Why were there so many different city-states in Mesopotamia?