Mesopotamia Basics
What does Mesopotamia mean?
What is land between two rivers.
What was Babylon known for?
What is great wealth and power.
Who created the first empire in Mesopotamia?
Who is Sargon of Akkad.
What shape did Mesopotamians use in math?
What is the circle.
What caused the fall of Babylon?
What is incasion by Persians.
Which two rivers bordered Mesopotamia?
What is Tigris and Euphrates.
Who was Babylon's most famous king?
What is Hammurabi.
What empire defeated Babylon in 539 BCE?
What is Persian Empire.
What did they use to build houses?
What is mud bricks.
What language did later cultures borrow from?
What is Akkadian
What is the world's first known civilization?
What is Sumer.
What were Hammurabi's laws called?
What is Code of Hammurabi.
Who conquered Babylon for the Persians?
Who is Cyrus the Great.
What system of government did they use?
What is kings and city-states.
What modern country is Mesopotamia mostly in?
What is Iraq.
What writing system did Mesopotamianians invent?
What is Cuneiform.
What famous wonder was in Babylon?
What is Hanging Gardens.
What was the capital of Hammurabi's empire?
What is Babylon.
What tool did they invent for farming?
What is the plow.
What did Hammurabi's Code influence?
What is later laws and justice systems.
What material did they write on?
What is clay tablets.
What river ran through Babylon?
What is Euphrates River.
What city became powerful after Babylon's fall?
What is Nineveh.
What did they used to measure time?
What is a 60-minute hour.
Why is Mesopotamia called the Cradle of Civilization?
What is where civiliazation began.