Basic Facts
This was the religious belief of the Mesopotamians.
What is polytheism?
Cuneiform was written on this.
What is a clay tablet?
This Empire came after the Old Babylonian Empire.
What is the Assyrian Empire?
He was the first Emperor.
Who is Sargon?
A trading of goods without the use of money.
What is a barter?
This empire is said to be the world's first Empire.
What is the Akkadian Empire?
Sumerians made their weapons using this material.
What is bronze?
This empire came before the Persian Empire.
What is the Neo-Babylonian Empire?
These people were the original rulers of the Sumerian Civilization.
Who are priests?
The cuneiform writing system uses this shaped symbols.
What is a triangle?
This is an independent state that includes a city and its surrounding territory.
What is a city-state?
This technology allowed river water to be brought to farms.
What is an irrigation system?
This Empire's ruler was Cyrus the Great.
What is the Persian Empire?
This Sumerian ruler created the first known set of laws.
Who is Ur-Nammu?
An army in which the soldiers ride on horses.
What is a cavalry?
The nickname given to the land of Mesopotamia for its rich farming land.
What is Fertile Crescent?
This was a building where priests could communicate with gods.
What is a ziggurat?
This was the Empire that Hammurabi was the ruler of.
What is the Old Babylonian Empire?
This ruler believed that punishments should match the crime that was committed.
Who is Hammurabi?
The belief that all people, even the rich and powerful, should follow the rules.
What is Rule of Law?
The names of the two rivers that surround Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
The material that Assyrians used to make tools.
What is iron?
This Empire's capital city was Nineveh.
What is the Assyrian Empire?
This Neo-Babylonian ruler used his money to create the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.
Who is Nebuchadnezzar?
A stele is written on this.
What is a stone pillar?