Which innovation led to greater ease in farming, and a more stable food supply?
Plow.
100
What are the two dimensional sculptures called?
bas-relief.
100
Why did Sumerians leave the foothills of the Zagros Mountains to move to the plains?
Not enough land and food for the increasing number of people.
100
Who created the world's first empire?
Sargon and the Akkadians.
200
Why did Sumerians build ziggurats in step from?
For the gods to step down to earth.
200
Inventions that made it possible for armies to use chariots.
Wheel
200
Why can we say that women had more rights in Babylon than in most ancient societies.
They could keep money of their own and could own property.
200
How/Why did different jobs develop?
Stable food supply lead to diversification of jobs.
200
Hammurabi became famous for ...
the first written laws.
300
What was the relationship between Sumerian gods and the king?
The king got the power from the gods
300
What did Nebuchadnezzar built around Babylon for protection against enemies?
A inner and outer walls, towers and moat.
300
Which instrument played the musicians in Sumer to entertain the king and Queen.
Lyre.
300
Why did scribes have a fairly high status?
They had to go to school and learn how to write. They were working for government officials and the king.
300
Which problem (that ended their empire) occurred for all four Mesopotamian empires after the fall of Sumer?
It was too difficult to control such a large area.
400
Why did Hammurabi say his laws had been given to him by the god Shamash.
They could not be challenged.
400
Which invention helped the Neo-Babylonians to bring water into their cities?
Aqueducts
400
Metalworkers worked with different metals such as ...
gold, silver, bronze, copper, lead, and tin
400
Which system helped to create the "world wonder" that Nebuchadnezzar built for this wife?
Irrigation
400
Which problem did the city-states of Sumer face by remaining their independence?
Defending themselves against stronger groups.
500
Why have historians found skeletons of slaves with drinking cups in the tombs of the kings?
Slaves were killed by poison to serve their king in the afterlife.
500
Which inventions (two) helped the Assyrian soldiers during a siege to conquer a city?
Battering rams and movable towers.
500
How did the house of a government official differ from that of a farmer?
Government official had bigger, luxurious homes with white washed mud walls near the city center.
Farmers lived in smaller mud-brick houses at the edges of the city.
500
Who were the trading partners of the people in Babylon?
People all around the Persian Gulf
500
What shows us that the people thought Babylon was the most important city?
The first map of the world and with Babylon as the center.