Mesopotamia
Iraq
Where did Sumer develop?
What is "In the southern part of the Fertile Crescent"?
What type of religion did the people of Mesopotamia believe in? And, what was the building linked with religion called?
What is "polytheistic and ziggurat"
What is "astronomy and astrology"
Unlike all other civilization we learned about, Assyria is located in __________ Mesopotamia
Where is "Northern"
Mesopotamia means
"The Land Between in the Rivers"
Sumerians invented something that made it possible for armies to use chariots.
What is "wheels"
Akkad was the first civilization? or the first Empire?
What is "first empire"
A ruler united all of Mesopotamia and created a code of laws. What was the ruler and the code of laws called?
Hammurabi and the Code of Hammurabi
Northern Mesopotamia is full of rainfall and closer to the Tigris River, so civilizations in the North did not have need for ________?
Irrigation
Mesopotamia is a civilization or a location
Location
The Sumerians created a farming tool we still use today.
What is "the plow"
Akkadians ruler that united all of Mesopotamia under one ruler.
Sargon the Great
There was a father and a son who re-ignited the Babylonian Empire after Hammurabi.
Nabopolassar and Nebuchadnezzar II
Assyrians were trained warriors, because of this they made lots of technology. Give me 2 CORRECT technologies that Assyrians created.
battering rams and chariots
The region between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers is referred to by this name due to its shape and fertility.
What is "The Fertile Crescent"?
Sumerians created the first written language.
What is "Cuneiform"
Sargon the Great took over many different independent _______-_________.
What is "City-States"
Babylonian priests use __________ as part of their religion?
Knowledge of planets and stars
Nineveh, the capital city-state, became the "center of learning". What King made this city known as that.
Ashurbanipal
Mesopotamia extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the _________________
The Sumerians were conquered and became part of this larger empire.
What is "The Akkadian Empire"?
Akkadians made the worlds first messaging system, we know this as _______ _________.
what is "postal system"
Neo-Babylon: Nebuchadnezzar made two important beautiful pieces that made Babylon what its known as today.
Hanging Gardens of Babylon and the Gates of Ishtar.
Ashurbanipal created the worlds first?
Library