The Akkadian Empire
He was the first ruler of the Akkadian Empire and is credited with creating the world's first empire .
King Sargon
King Hammurabi is most famous for this set of rules, which he used to unify his empire and preserve order.
Hammurabi's Code
The Assyrians were widely feared for their military might and their extreme use of this toward those they conquered.
cruelty, violence, or any synonym of these.
He was the most famous king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire and worked to restore Babylon to its former glory.
Nebuchadnezzar or Nebuchadnezzar II
The Neo-Babylonians rebuilt the city's massive ziggurat, which they called by this grand name.
cuneiform
This city in northern Mesopotamia served as the capital and cultural center of the Akkadian Empire.
Agade
Hammurabi declared this Babylonian deity to be supreme over all other gods.
Marduk
This capital city of the Assyrian Empire was home to one of the world's first libraries and many grand palaces.
Nineveh
This "wonder of the ancient world" featured lush greenery planted on rooftops and terraces to decorate the royal palace.
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
The Assyrians developed these long, heavy, wheeled beams to break down the walls of enemy cities
Battering rams
To make his capital city of Agade one of the richest and most powerful in the world, Sargon collected these—defined as money and goods—from the people he conquered.
Tribute or taxes
Hammurabi’s code was written on one of these stone slabs and placed on public display in a temple.
A stele
The Assyrians perfected this military strategy, which involves camping outside a city and repeatedly attacking it until it falls.
Siege warfare
To protect the city of Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar built an inner wall, an outer wall, and one of these water-filled ditches.
a moat
The Neo-Babylonians created this device, which uses the position of the sun to tell the time of day.
sundial
This famous relief sculpture, created by Sargon’s grandson King Naram-Sin, depicts a victorious army climbing a mountain. What is the sculpture called?
Hint: The ___________Stele.
Victory
In an unusual move for the time, these two groups of people were granted some legal rights, such as the right to own property, under Babylonian law.
Women and slaves
To bring drinking water to Nineveh from 30 miles away, the Assyrians constructed these elaborate systems.
Aqueducts
In 539 B.C.E., the Neo-Babylonian Empire fell to this Persian conqueror who came from present-day Iran.
Cyrus or Cyrus the Great
Discoveries made by the Neo-Babylonians in mathematics and astronomy led to our modern system of these two time-keeping units.
What are the 60-second minute, the 60-minute hour or the 7-day week. Any two of these are acceptable
To prevent people from rebelling, Sargon used the political strategy of destroying these defensive structures in conquered city-states .
City walls
Hammurabi built these two systems to help connect and unify the people of all social statuses across his empire.
Roads and a postal service
Assyrian artisans were well known for this specific type of realistic, two-dimensional sculpture that depicted scenes of royalty or war.
Bas-reliefs
After the Persians, who conquered Babylon?
Alexander the Great
In addition to battering rams, the Assyrians were innovators in siege warfare, creating these tall, mobile structures that could be rolled up to a city's walls so soldiers could climb over them.
Siege towers