Persians
Which modern day country was the location of Persia?
Iran
What type of wood was considered a valuable trade good?
Cedar wood
Provinces
Which number law was left blank on the code of Hammurabi?
13th
This group of people is also known as the......
What famous Persian human rights document can be found in the British Museum?
Cyrus Cylinder
How many letters were in the Phoenician alphabet?
22
Which group of people taught the Assyrians about Iron making?
Hittites
Which god gives Hammurabi the laws?
Shamash
What color was the Ishtar Gate?
Blue
What was the name of the road leading from Susa to Sardis?
Royal Road
What colony grew to become a big, powerful nation?
Carthage
What is the term for making people so afraid they wouldn't fight?
Psychological warfare
What is the term for the concept of "an eye for an eye?"
Lex Talionis
What was the name for the road way that led up to the Ishtar Gate?
Processional Way
Which group of slaves were freed when Cyrus entered Babylon?
The Hebrews (Israelites)
Who was the famous Phoenician seaman that sailed into the Atlantic ocean?
Hanno
50,000
Flood them with water and/or starve them of water
A museum in which country currently housed the Ishtar Gate?
Germany
What is the capital of Persia.
Persepolis
The Phoenicians created a purple dye using what type of sea animal?
Snails
What is the term for the fear of foreigners?
Xenophobia
How tall was the stone stele where the Code of Hammurabi was engraved?
8 feet tall
Who builds the Hanging Gardens for Queen Amytis?
Nebuchadnezzar