The Sumerians
Civilizations first developed in about 3000 B.C. in the river valleys of?
Mesopotamia
Which ruler conquered the city-states one by one? (Hint 😐 Akkad)
Sargon
Which king rebuilt Babylon making it the largest and richest city in the world?
Nebuchadnezzar
________ and ___________ further weakened the empire.
Poor harvest and slow trade
A system that supplies dry land with water through ditches, pipes, or streams.
Irrigation
The Mesopotamian civilization began on a plain between what two rivers?
Tigris and Euphrates
What code became known as “an eye for an eye and a tooth for tooth”?
code of Hammurabi
A huge ziggurat stood how many feet tall?
300 feet
In 539 B.C., the Persians recognized that the Chaldeans had lost? (Hint 🤔 2 things)
Strength and leadership
What are small particles of soil?
Silt
Name two Sumerian contributions.
Writing and technology/mathematics
Which empire arose about 1000 years after the empire of Hammurabi?
Assyrian Empire
Babylon’s Hanging Gardens were considered as?
One of the seven wonders of the ancient world
After Nebuchadnezzar died, a series of weak kings ruled?
Chaldean Empire
What are official record keepers ?
Scribes
Sumerians worshiped many types of gods, this was called?
Polytheism
What was the key factor in the Assyrians success?
Iron weapons
The major trade routes passed which two bodies of waters through Babylon?
Persian Gulf and Mediterranean Sea
Chaldean astronomers were?
People who study the heavenly bodies— map the stars, the planets, and the phases of the moon as it changes.
Sumerians created a way of writing called?
Cuneiform
The city-states went to war with one another over?
Resources and political boundaries
In about 650 B.C. which group of people took power while the Assyrians were in turmoil?
Chaldeans
The people of Babylon made what kind of advances?
Scientific
Which group of people took advantage and captured Babylon and made Mesopotamia part of their empire?
The Persians
What is a group of many different lands under one ruler?
Empire