Fertile Crescent
Reason it is called a fertile crescent
fertile soil and shaped like a crescent
Babylon developed by this river
Euphrates
Located by this river
Tigris
Mesopotamia means this
land between 2 rivers
Originally from this area
north of the Black Sea
Also called this, which means land between 2 rivers
Mesopotamia
The name of the code of law developed by their king
Code of Hammurabi
They were able to farm their land without doing this
irrigation
the climate of mesopotamia was like this
hot and dry with seasonal flooding
They ruled this area
from Asia Minor to Syria
These people settled here to build cities
nomads
They studied these and believed that they influenced events on earth.
The stars (astronomy and astrology)
This city is where they had a thriving trade
Anatolia
These people were the first to live in Mesopotamia
Sumerians
First to use this metal for tools and weapons
iron
The 2 rivers that are located in the fertile crescent
Tigris and Euphrates
He built Ishtars gate and the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
King Nebuchadnezzar
They trained these animals to help with their army
horses to pull chariots
Mesopotamia was made up of these
several city states
First to make a treaty with this country
Egypt
What people did that lived there
grew crops and traded with other people
When Babylon fell in 562, they became part of this empire
Persian Empire
Captured cities were forced to do this
pay taxes or tribute
two inventions from Mesopotamia
written language, wheel,
Their laws were considered fair because of this
compensation for the person wronged