People and Rulers
I was a Babylonian king whose influence can be found in the Magna Carta (the Great Charter) as well as the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution.
Who is Hammurabi?
This process, developed by the Sumerians, allowed water to be moved from the rivers to their fields.
What is irrigation?
A flattened pyramid shaped temple found in Mesopotamia.
What is a ziggurat?
Who was responsible for conquering and uniting multiple city-states to create the first empire?
Who was Sargon I?
Who was allowed to go to school and what was the purpose of their schooling?
Only boys and it was to teach them to write.
This civilization came after Sumer but before Babylonia and was the world's first empire.
Who are the Akkadians?
The Sumerians created this device that could be pulled by oxen and was used to break up hard clay soil.
What is a plow?
Rebuilt the city of Babylon into a beautiful city that had the famous hanging gardens.
Who was Nebuchadnezzar?
A civilization that perfected siege technology, and as a result, was able to conquer vast amounts of land and civilizations.
Who were the Assyrians?
Sumer and Babylon were located in this present day country.
What is Iraq.
DAILY DOUBLE!!!!!
In Sumer this structure went as follows: Kings, Priests, Merchants, Farmers, and Slaves. What is the term given to this grouping of people by social class?
What is Social Hierarchy?
The Assyrians created weapons made out of this metal, which is much stronger than stone or wood.
What is iron?
The stretch of land whose name is derived from the shape it makes and the fact that the soil found there is rich in nutrients.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
A political division where a city controls itself and the surrounding area.
What is a city-state?
In Mesopotamia, why were priests so valued by society?
Mesopotamians believed priests could communicate with the Gods and knew "the will of the Gods."
This was a major event that allowed civilizations to arise in 8000 BCE.
What is the Neolithic Revolution?
In the early days of Sumer, most people in the city-state held what job?
What are farmers?
Sumer was located near this gulf of water to the south
What is The Persian Gulf?
Organic matter and fine particles that were left behind after the Tigris and Euphrates rivers flooded.
What is silt?