Geography
What two things did the area of Mesopotamia offer to early groups of people?
What are fresh water and fertile land.
What type of religion did the Mesopotamians have?
What is the system of writing created by Mesopotamians?
What is Cuneiform.
Which empire led to the fall of the Mesopotamians?
What is the Persian Empire.
The curved strip of good farmland we've been studying is called the...
Who created the first empire in Mesopotamia?
Who is Sargon.
What type of material did Mesopotamians "write on"?
What is clay tablets.
Who had the most feared army in Mesopotamian history? Tell me 2 things about the army.
Who are the Assyrians.
What two rivers are found in the area of Mesopotamia?
What is the Tigris and Euphrates.
Who created the idea of "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth"?
Who is Hammurabi
What is one new weapon that the Assyrians created used to throw objects over a large distance?
What is the slingshot.
In exchange for losing their territory, what could city-states offer to the Assyrian Army?
What are tributes in the form of valuable goods.
What did the yearly floods of the Tigris and Euphrates provide? Hint: Something from the river.
What is silt.
What is trading.
What language was largely spoken during the time of Ancient Mesopotamia? (Remember this from our Hammurabi packets?)
What is Akkadian
What group of people revolted against the Assyrians because they were too harsh?
Who are the Chaldeans.
When the Assyrians took power they moved their capital to the city of ...
How did kings fun new building projects?
Name 3 math related ideas or concepts created by Mesopotamian people.
Geometry, multiply and divide, 360 degree circle, 12 month calendars, the wheel.
How did the Persians treat Mesopotamians after taking over their territory and causing the fall of their empire?
What is ... they treated them fairly, giving them rights to religion and allowing them to keep their own governments and ways of life.