Geography
Water that makes up the Fertile Crescent region
Tigris River and Euphrates River
The Akkadian first leader.
King Sargon
King Hammurabi
Regions that were conquered by the Assyrians
The Fertile Crescent, region north of Babylon, and part of the Nile River in Egypt
Famous Neo-Babylonian King
King Nebuchadnezzar II
Foothills of which geographical feature that didn't provide enough land in Mesopotamia
Zagros Mountains
Akkadian greatest achievement
World's first empire
Greatest Babylonian political achievement
Written code of laws
Assyrian military achievement
Siege warfare tactic, siege towers, and/or battering ram
Neo-Babylonian military achievement
building protected walls and a moat around the city of Babylon
This invention was needed in Sumer to control the water going in and out of farm land.
Irrigation systems, canals, and/or levees
Akkadian military achievement
Babylonian economic achievement
Assyrian cultural achievement
Realism sculptures
Neo-Babylonian cultural achievement
building the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Sumer is location in which region of Mesopotamia
Southern region of Mesopotamia
Akkadian cultural achievement
Rights of women
Could own property and make their own money
Assyrian empire lasted for this long
Importance of Babylon's cultural achievement
Sumerian city-states isolated themselves because of these reasons.
The city-states fought over water rights, so they build walls around their cities. Eventually each city-state created its own set of laws that differed from other city-states.
Cause of Akkadian empire's downfall
The empire grew too large for any king to control, so foreigners began invading their land.
Rights of enslaved people
Could work for money during their free time and eventually buy their freedom
Reason for the fall of the Assyrian Empire
It's territory grew too large to control.
Reason for Neo-Babylonian Empire's collapse