Geography
Name the 2 Rivers in Ancient Mesopotamia
Euphrates and Tigris
Who was the first emperor in history? Hint : He ruled
Sumer.
Sargon
Mesopotamians created the first writing system. This writing system is called what?
Cuneiform
Who conquered Babylon and is famous for creating 282 laws?
King Hammurabi
How was cuneiform, the first form of writing from Mesopotamia, written?
A reed was pressed into wet clay.
When the Tigris and the Euphrateswould flood, a fine soil would be left behind. What is this fine mixture of soiland tiny rocks called?
Silt
The Sumerians practiced a belief in more than one God. What is this called?
Polytheism
They wrote using clay tablets for “paper” and ________ for “pencils.”
Styluses made from reeds from the riverbanks.
Where is Babylon located?
Modern day Iraq
What was significant about Sargon the Great?
He founded the Akkadian Empire.
Mesopotamia is located in what larger, arc shaped region of fertile farmland?
The Fertile Crescent
The division of society by rank or class is called ________.
Social Hierarchy
Their writing consisted of picture symbols, or ________.
Pictographs
Name 2 facts about the Code of Hammurabi.
Answers will vary
What made Assyrian warriors so fearsome?
Iron Weapons
In order to keep cities from flooding, Mesopotamians learned to use ________, or the ways of supplying water to land through the use of canals, ditches, and reservoirs.
Irrigation
An _________ is a land with different territories and peoples under a single ruler.
Empire
This was invented to help farming.
Plows
Who was the chief god in Mesopotamia?
Marduk
How was the Assyrian Empire different from older Mesopotamian empires?
Assyria used puppet rulers to control their claimed territories
The lagoon is often called the...
Abzu
A _________ consisted of a city and all the countryside around it. They also had their own military, government, and rulers.
City-State
Temple towers were called...
Ziggurats
Who conquered Babylon in 539 BCE?
The Persians
What was the consequence for ancient Babylonians who damaged their neighbors’ property?
They were required to replace what was damaged.