Mesopotamia geography
What we’re the two big rivers that were located in Mesopotamia?
Tigris and Euphrates river
Sumer was part of a larger area that was called what?
Fertile Crescent
Who ruled the Akkadians?
Sargon
By what time did Babylon become dominant over other city states in Mesopotamia.
1800 bc
The Assyrians continued using who's code?
Hammurabi's code
Mesopotamia was located in what is modern day what?
Iraq
By what time did Sumer develop a organized way of order?
By 3000 bc
Sargon brought a single unified what?
Government
Who was the king of Babylon?
Hammurabi
In what time did the chaldeans defeat the Assyrians?
in the 600's bc
Mesopotamia was bordered by what in the north and east?
Mountains
Sumer had what’s states?
City states
Sargon had a strong central what?
Government
what did Hummurabi do to improve the water system?
he built irrigation systems
Who was the king of the Chaldeans?
king Nebuchadnezzar
The Tigris and Euphrates empty into what?
The Persian gulf
how would a city state gain power?
By fighting other city states
The Akkadians had the largest what at the time?
Empire
What did Hummurabi right?
he wrote Hammurabi's code
Why did people respect their freedom?
because the phoenicians were expert traders and they wanted the items they traded
What important thing did rivers bring?
Silt
what did agriculture allow people to do?
To specialize in different things
The Akkadians basically controlled all of what?
The Fertile Crescent
The Assyrians took control over Babylon in what time?
They took control in 1200 bc
The phoenicians were skilled traders and skilled what?
sailors