Military Empires
This empire was the first world empire.
What is the Akkadian Empire?
This leader was said to have been found in a basket. He also was said to have been the first to use bow and arrows.
Who is King Sargon?
The Fertile Crescent gets its name from these two things.
What is, the area is shaped like a C and the soil is great farmland?
A mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks brought by rivers and ideal for farming is this.
What is silt?
People of Mesopotamia had these pyramid shaped temples where they believed their gods lived.
What are ziggurats?
This empire built a library full of important documents in Nineveh.
What is the Assyrian Empire?
This king was said to have built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon for his wife.
Who is King Nebuchanezzar?
The name "Mesopotamia" actually means this.
What is "the land between the two rivers" ?
The worship of many gods is called this.
What is polytheism?
To bring and supply water to their fields, Mesopotamians used this water technology.
What is irrigation?
This military empire was known for their iron working and battle chariots.
Who are the Hittites?
This king is known for starting the first world empire.
Who is Sargon the Great?
The two rivers that flow through the Fertile Crescent and surround Mesopotamia are called this.
What are the Tigris and the Euphrates?
The first system of writing that uses clay tablets and a stylus is called this.
To make work and a civilization more efficient, workers were trained in specific tasks. This is called
What is specialized jobs or division of labor?
This empire was ruled by King Hammurabi.
What is the Babylonian Empire?
This ruler is known for creating the first set of written laws.
Who is Hammurabi?
This body of water borders the Fertile Crescent to the south.
What is the Persian Gulf?
A political unit that is made up of a city and the surrounding countryside is called this.
What is a city-state?
Kings and nobles were at the upper level and slaves and farmers were on the lower level of this system that ranked social classes.
What is social heirarchy?
This empire conquered the Assyrians and built the legendary Hanging Gardens of Babylon.
Who are the Chaldeans?
This famous king used tax money for building projects, like roads and irrigation system improvements.
Who is King Hammurabi?
Name a mountain range that borders the Fertile Crescent.
What is the Zagros or Taurus Mountains?
Conquered land made up of different territories all under a single rule is called this.
What is an empire?
Name two of the 8 Features of a Civilization.
What is...
cities, government and laws, writing, specialized jobs, social classes, public works and technology, religion, art and architecture