Irrigation
A key invention that helped Sumerians with stable food supply.
What is irragation?
The script that was used to write the laws of Hammurabi's code
What is Cuneiform?
A giant city carefully designed with massive buildings, public squares, libraries, works of art, and fortresses
What is a metropolis?
The world first major empire that lasted for more then 3 centuries
What is Assyria?
A group of people that believed their gods had a lot of power, and would try to please their god by building temples (called Ziggurats)
What is the Sumerians?
The two rivers that supplied Mesopotamia with what they needed to grow and survive
What are the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?
A 4,000 year old code
What is hammarabies code?
The empire that was famous throughout West Asia, for its beauty, strength and art.
What is Babylonia?
The country that is now in the place were Assyria once was.
What is Iraq?
The Mesopotamian ruler who was believed to be chosen by a god names Shamash
Who is Hammurabi?
A group of people how invented irrigation
Who are the Sumerians?
A type of writing that was write on a clay tablet or stele.
What is cuneiform?
The king that originally made the hanging gardens in Babylonia.
Who was King Nebuchadnezzar?
A heavy metal that helped Assyria conquer other armies.
What is iron?
A group of people that believed that woman should be treated as objects not humans
Who are the Babylonians?
Particles of rock that clogged the irrigation system
What is silt?
A that stele is split into 3 parts
What is Hammarabis code?
A place that was said to be the glory of Babylonia.
what is the hanging garden?
A benefit of having a empire
What is trade?
A form of art that Sumerians used to express their beliefs
What are statues?
A sytem of paths to guide water from one agricultural field to the other.
What are the irrigation canals?
A symbol that was used as the as a form of writing, in Egypt and Mesopotamia from before 3000 BC.
What is a pictograph?
The King who made the first law of code in Babylonia
Who was King Hammurabi?
The name of Assyria's original city
What is Asher?
The belief in many gods
What is polytheism?