Geography
What name was given to the region where Mesopotamia was located?
The Fertile Crescent
More stable food sources in Mesopotamia led to the development of...
Specialized Trades
King Sargon and the Akkadians created the world’s first:
Empire
The Standard of Ur’s construction suggested what was taking place?
Trade
What was the central feature of Sumerian city-states, where religious practices and government duties took place.
Ziggurat
The center of the Assyrian empire and the location of Ashurbanipal’s library was?
Nineveh
Sumerians created the first sundial utilizing what modern pattern we use today?
60 sec./60 min./24 hrs.
What group founded Babylon?
The Amorites
What was the name of the set of laws authored by King Hammurabi during his rule?
Hammurabi's Code
What is another word for pagan?
The region Mesopotamia was once located in is now considered the present-day...
Middle-East
What two subjects did Sumerians make progress in?
Nabopolassar’s son Nebuchadnezzar rebuilt what city during the Neo-Babylonian Empire.
Babylon
The Standard of Ur was a decorated box depicting Sumerian...
Daily Life
Multiple gods & goddesses
Mesopotamia is referred to as the “Cradle of _______________” by some historians.
Cradle of Civilization
What ended the Amorite empire led by King Hammurabi?
His death
Ashurbanipal’s library contained approximately ____________ clay tablets.
30,000
What two valuable water sources did Mesopotamia contain?
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
After Nebuchadnezzar’s death, the empire weakened and was overtaken by...
The Persians
The oldest example of written literature is entitled:
The Epic of Gilgamesh