What is government, art, religion, social classes, and writing system?
100
Assyrian army was strong because their army was the first to use this type of weapon
What is IRON?
100
This Chaldean King built the Hanging Gardens as a gift to his wife who missed her mountainous homeland
Who was King Nebuchadnezzar?
100
Sumerians invented this. It was first made of stone and could help move carts from place to place.
What is a wheel?
100
This person studies heavenly bodies or space
What is an Astronomer?
200
Sumerians were the first to invent this item which was round and made pulling carts MUCH easier
What is the wheel?
200
This capital of the Assyrian Empire housed a great library
What is Nineveh?
200
This city was the capital of the Chaldean empire and was supposedly beautiful beyond belief
What is Babylon?
200
It was a method of writing that used wedge shaped letters inscribed on a clay tablet
What is Cuneiform?
200
The belief in many gods
What is polytheism?
300
Reasons river valleys were so important
What is because good farming conditions made it easy to feed large numbers of people?
300
Assyrian kings built these to join their provinces together and to make travel easier
What are roads?
300
Babylon's source of power was its wealth from
What is trade?
300
This Chaldean invention was the first time telling device
What is a sun dial?
300
It is a group of many lands and people governed by one ruler
What is an empire?
400
This was an official writer for the Sumerians, he went to school for 12 years to learn his job
What is a scribe?
400
BONUS question from Sumer Catagory:
The world's oldest known story. It was able a hero who traveled the world with his friend.
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?
400
Chaldean artisans sold their products to these traveling merchants who would pass through town
What is a caravan?
400
It is a system of channels that transport water from one place to another. King Nebuchadnezzar used it to water the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.
What is an irrigation system?
400
Assyrian kings divided their empire into these political districts
What is a province?
500
King Hammurabi of Babylon controlled his people using these written laws which governed crimes, business relationships, and family/marriage relationships.
What is Hammurabi's Code?
500
SUMER bonus question:
At the top of the this structure were the high priests and nobles, in the middle were artisans and merchants, at the bottom were peasants and slaves
What are social classes? (or the social pyramid)
500
Over time the Chaldeans found it hard to control the people they conquered. The began to lose their power and fell to these people from the North.
What is the Persian Empire?
500
Located in Nineveh, it was the world's first collection of stories and songs
What is the library of Nineveh?
500
A stepped pyramid made of mud-brick which was an important religious temple