Vocabulary
Independent state consisting of a city and its surrounding territory
City-State
Money that is used as a way of exchange
Currency
Which civilization in Mesopotamia had the first city-states
Sumer
Who lived in and controlled the ziggurats?
Priests
This leader created a famous law code that established the rule of law in Babylon.
Hammurabi
Trading system in which people exchange goods
Barter
Pyramid shaped Mesopotamian temple
Ziggurat
Which civilization conquered Sumer?
Akkadians and Sargon the Great
What caused conflicts and fighting between the city-states of Sumer
control over the land
This leader established a major system of roads, where messengers across the empire travelled on horseback.
Darius
Idea or way of doing things that is common in a certain culture
Cultural Trait
System of writing created in Mesopotamia that uses triangular shaped symbols pressed into clay tablets
Cuneiform
Who conquered the Babylonians after King Hammurabi's death?
Assyrians
What is the most popular dye color in Phoenician history?
Purple
This leader treated those that he conquered well. He even allowed the Jewish people to return from exile and rebuild their destroyed temple
Cyrus
Soldiers who fight while riding horses
Cavalry
To supply water to crops by digging canals
Irrigate
Which empire had the first cavalry?
Assyrians
Name one tool or invention created in ancient Mesopotamia that helped with farming.
Plow, Sickle, Wheel, Irrigation Canal
This leader made the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.
Nebuchadnezzar
The belief in more than one god
Polytheism
The art of steering a ship from place to place
Navigation
Which empire is known for its trading and navigation along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea?
Phoenicians
What country is Mesopotamia today?
Iraq
Even though this leader of the Akkadians conquered the Sumerians, they still shared some cultural traits such as religion and the use of the cuneiform language.
Sargon