Rulers
Who created the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?
Nebuchadnezzar II, a Neo-Babylonian king
A pyramid-temple tower
Ziggurat
The method of supplying water to crops...
irrigation
What caused food shortages in the Zagros Foothills?
An increase in population
Who/what is a scribe?
A writer
King Sargon, an Akkadian king
The belief in many gods is called...
Polytheism
a government that rules over many territories and many groups under one leader is...
an empire
What solution did people in the Zagros foothills find to fix the problem of food shortages?
They moved south to the plains of Mesopotamia
Why did Sumerians come to depend on each other?
To help maintain waterways and canals
A semi-mythical king of Uruk and hero of the first story in history.
Gilgamesh
The definition of "Mesopotamia" is...
"Land between two rivers"
To protect themselves against attacking neighbors, what did the Sumerians do?
They built mud brick walls
Why did silt become a problem for the Sumerian people?
It clogged waterways
What was the role of kings in Mesopotamian society?
Leaders of armies, act as head architect, and create laws
The Babylonian king who created a famous law code.
Hammurabi
The Mesopotamian writing system is...
Cuneiform
What did the Sumerians build around their walled cities for extra protection?
Moats
why was purple considered important?
It was used in expensive cloth for royalty
Why was Cyrus the Great considered a great king?
he allowed the people he conquered to keep their independent religions and customs.
The Persian king who built the Royal Road
Darius I
The region of rich farmland that extends from the Persian Gulf to Mediterranean Sea...
The Assyrians built these to be able to win wars
Chariots
What is the order of civilizations from Earliest to Latest?
Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians, Assyrians, Phoenicians, Persians
What is the definition of "social structure"
a way a civilization is organized