Geography
What two rivers does the land of Mesopotamia sit in between?
Tigris and Euphrates
What was as key military strategy used by King Sargon during the Akkadian empire?
Soldiers fought in tight formations (shields in the front, spears behind)
True or false: Ancient Sumer is NOT considered a civilization
FALSE
Stable food supply
What is the common name for the large area where Mesopotamia is located?
The Fertile Crescent
The earliest peoples in Mesopotamia lived in the foothills of these mountains
Zargos mountains
Babylonian
Sumerians built temples these temples to worship their gods, they were called...
Ziggurats
Clue: Kings and taxes
Government
What is the main difference between a city-state and an empire?
a centralized government
The rivers surrounding Mesopotamia fed into what large body of water?
The Persian Gulf
The Assyrian empire, known for its military strength and cruelty, trained in soldiers in what kind of warfare?
Siege warfare
The Sumerians were eventually conquered by which Mesopotamian empire?
The Akkadian Empire
Clue: temples and ceremonies
Religion
Babylonian Empire
The need to work together to maintain complex irrigation systems led to the rise of what
A important invention made by the Neo-Babylonians
Sumerians built these raised waterways to control the Tigris and Euphrates
Levees/Canals
Clue: jobs and roles
Social Structure
Four empires rose to power in Mesopotamia between 2300 - _______ B.C.E. - take your BEST guess at what year
539
The word "Mesopotamia" translates to "the land between the rivers" in what language?
Greek
The capital city of the Assyrian Empire
Ninevah
What was the name of the written language used by Sumerian people to record laws and history?
Cuneiform
Clue: the wheel
Technology
DAILY DOUBLE
The correctly spelled name of the King of the Neo-Babylonian empire
King Nebuchadnezzar (II)