Location
Mesopotamia was located in what modern day nation?
Iraq
In what year did they develop an organized way of directing order and establishing Control of areas?
3,000 BC
When did the Babylonians take over?
1,800 BC
What is a cuneiform?
The worlds first system of writing
What is Mesopotamia also called and why?
Fertile Crescent because of its shape
What is a city-state?
A city that has its own political unit
In what year did Hammurabi become king?
1792 BC
What is a chariot?
A horse drawn device to carry soldiers in combat
Where was Mesopotamia by?
Tigris and Euphrates river
What is something that they weren’t strong with?
Central government
what was the Hammurabi Code?
A set of laws/punishments
What is a plow used for?
to loosen soil for planting crops
did Mesopotamia has good or bad farm land?
Good farm land
In what year did the Akkadians take over?
2,300 BC
When did the Assyrians take over
What is 1,200 BC
They improved sailing and what, at about the same time?
Tradeing
What did they build to stop floods?
Walls
Who was the Akkadian king?
Sargon
I’m what year did the Chaldeans take over?
600 BC
What is a ziggurat?
A Terrance pyramid design was an architectural advancement