Mesopotamia
Where was Mesopotamia Located?
In the Fertile Crescent
What was Sumer?
The first empire of Mesopotamia
What was Babylonia?
The second empire of Mesopotamia?
What was Assyria?
The third empire of Mesopotamia
What are the names of the 2 rivers in Mesopotamia?
The Tigris and the Euphrates
What were the people of Sumer called?
Sumerians
What were the people of Babylonia called?
Babylonians
What were the people of Assyria called?
Assyrians
What were the 3 empires of Mesopotamia?
Sumer, Babylonia, and Assyria
When did the Sumerians exist?
From 3,000 BCE to 1,800 BCE
When did the Babylonians exist?
From 1,800 BCE to 1,200 BCE
When did the Assyrians exist?
From 1,200 BCE to 539 BCE
List at least 2 things the rivers did for the people of Mesopotamia
The rivers provided fresh water, rich soil, food, fish, and transportation
What 3 things did Sumerians create?
An agricultural society, the wheel (carts and wheelbarrows), and Cuneiform (the first writing system).
What were the 2 inventions of Bablyonia?
The calendar and laws
What were the 2 inventions of Assyria?
Trade and war
Bonus: What is Modern day Mesopotamia called?
The Middle East, or Iraq
Bonus: describe Hammurabi's Code
Bonus:What were the Assyrians skilled at and what did they accomplish?
They were skilled, fierce warriors and they conquered the Babylonian empire