Sumerians
Base-60 number system, sailboat, lunar calendar, cylinder seal, plow, bronze, wheel
What are inventions
The six present-day countries of the Akkadian Empire
What is Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Kuwaitt, Iran, Turkey
One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World believed to have been built by Nebuchadnezzar II
What are the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
A horse-drawn cart used in battle
What is a chariot
The body of water connected Tyre, Sidon and Byblos to trade routes in the Fertile Crescent
What is the Mediterranean Sea
A monotheistic religion that worshipped a single God, Ashura Mazda
What is Zoroastrianism
functions as an independent state
What is a city-state
The very first was established by the Akkadians
What is an empire
The oldest written laws that were publicly displayed
One of the 10 present-day countries in which Assyria is located
What are Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Kuwaitt, Iran or Egypt
Needed to become skilled sailors and trade throughout the Mediterranean Sea
What are ship builders
Conquered all of Asia Minor, Mesopotamia, the entire Fertile Crescent, and most of central Asia
Who Cyrus the Great
What is the fertile crescent
The king who conquered Sumer and most of northern Mesopotamia
Who is Sargon
The ruler thought to have built the Ishtar Gate
Who is Nebuchadnezzar II
The empire between the Babylonians and Phoenicians (according to a timeline)
The rare color of dye that can only be made with the mucus of sea snails
What is Tyrian Purple
Created a standard form of currency; all coins included images of himself
Who was Darius I
Worshipped by each city-state
What is one God
The city founded or restored by Sargon
What is Akkad
What are the subjects of Hammurabi's Code
Library that housed over 30,000 clay tablets
What is the Library of Ashurbanipal
What is the alphabet
A highway system extending at least 1,600 miles used for delivering messages
What is the Royal Road
Like the Sumerians, what their economy relied upon
What is farming/agriculture
The number of written laws Hammurabi created
What is 282
Half-bull statue with wings
What is a Lamassu
The primary location of the Phoenicians in this present-day country
What is Lebanon
What is a satrap