The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
About when was the garden built?
Around 600 BCE.
What two rivers was Mesopotamia located in?
Euphrates and Tigris
In what time period did Akkadian Empire exist?
Who wrote Hammurabi's code?
King Hammurabi
Name two jobs from mesopatamia.
Priest, scribe, merchant, craftsman, soldier, civil servant, or laborer.
How was the garden destroyed?
The garden was desroyed by a earthquake.
Name two of Mesopotamia's nicknames.
The fertile crescent, The Cradle of Civilization, The Land Between the Rivers.
In what time period did the Assyrian empire exist?
From 900-612 BCE.
What was Hammurabi's Code about?
Laws
Name 2 of the 3 main accomplishments that mesopatomians created. (explain why they were important)
The wheel, plow, and writing
Who was the garden built by?
The garden was built by King Nebuchadnezzar
What Modern-day country was Mesopotamia mainly located in?
Mainly Iraq but parts of Turkey and Syria.
What time period did the Neo-Babylonian empire exist?
From 605-539 BCE.
What empire was King Hammurabi a part of?
Babylonian
What were most of the homes made of in Mesopotamia?
Mud bricks
Name one of the plants that was displaed in the garden.
Plum, pear, fig, grapefruit, nightshade, willow, and pomegranate plants.
About how many miles across the Akkadian empire extended? (in miles)
About 800 miles.
In what time period did the Babylonian empire exist?
From 1792-1595 BCE.
What was Hammurabi's Code written in?
It is written in the Old Babylonian dialect of Akkadian
list two things mesopatoimians did for fun?
Sports, Board games, toys, music
How tall was the garden belived to be?
80 ft.
Witch river is longer, Euphrates or Tigris?
Euphrates
What Empire lasted the longest?
Assyrian empire.
When was the Code of Hammurabi composed?
1755–1750 BCE
What were the four "ranks" in Mesopotamia?
The priests, the upper class, the lower class, and the slaves.