Building a Civilization
Sumerian farmers used oxen to pull this tool, allowing them to prepare more land for planting.
What is a plow?
The Sumerians practiced this belief system involving the worship of many gods.
What is polytheism?
This wedge-shaped system of writing was developed by the Sumerians.
What is cuneiform?
This ruler conquered Sumerian city-states and established the first known empire.
Who is Sargon I?
This city became the capital of the Chaldean Empire.
What is Babylon?
Sumerians rolled this small clay object onto documents to serve like a person's signature.
What is a cylinder seal?
This pyramid-like temple stood at the center of an important Sumerian city.
What is a ziggurat?
Mesopotamians were among the earliest people to recognize this mathematical concept representing no amount.
What is zero?
This Amorite ruler united Mesopotamia and became famous for his collection of laws.
Who is Hammurabi?
This city beside the Tigris River served as the capital of the Assyrian Empire.
What is Nineveh?
Artisans took raw materials and turned them into these products that could be used or traded.
What are finished goods?
Sumerians believed these religious leaders could communicate directly with the gods and help gain their favor.
Who are priests?
This is the scientific study of stars and other heavenly objects.
What is astronomy?
These people settled in Asia Minor and became especially skilled at producing iron.
Who are the Hittites?
The Hittites settled in this peninsula located in what is now Turkey.
What is Asia Minor?
The Sumerians were among the first people to use this technology to move boats more efficiently.
What is a sail?
In each Sumerian city-state, this ruler eventually became the chief lawmaker and judge.
Who is the king?
This practice claims that the positions of stars and planets influence events in people's lives.
What is astrology?
These fierce warriors built a huge empire, carried the northern tribes of Israel into captivity, and ruled from Nineveh.
Who are the Assyrians?
God sent this prophet to preach repentance to the people of an Assyrian city.
Who is Jonah?
This term means a group of people who share the same general position in society, often based on economic status.
What is a social class?
Unlike Hammurabi's Code, this law was given by God to Moses.
What is the Mosaic Law?
This famous Mesopotamian poem tells the adventures of a legendary hero and contains a story about a great flood.
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?
These people joined with the Medes to destroy Nineveh in 612 BC and later made Babylon the capital of their empire.
Who are the Chaldeans?
This powerful king of Babylon became proud before God humbled him by causing him to live like an animal for seven years.
Who is Nebuchadnezzar II?