Military Empires
Seven Characteristics of a Civilization
Vocabulary
Geography of Mesopotamia
Final Jeopardy!
200

This person made the first written law code.

Who was Hammurabi?

200

This rank included priests,landowners,goverment officals,kings, and queens.

What was the Upper Class?

200

A powerful ruler of a kingdom or a empire is known as a _____

What is a monarch?

200

These are the two rivers that ran through Mesopotamia.

What are the Euphartes and Tigris rivers?

400

The Assirians controled these places by about 900 B.C.

What are the entire Fertile Crescent and parts of Asia Minor and Egypt?

400

This rank included people who owned no land/slaves.

What is the Lower Class?

400

______ was a Cheldean king who rebuilt Bablyon. His grand palace featured the famous Hanging Gardens of Babylon.

Who was Nebuchadnezzar?

400

When and how were farming settelments established in Mesopotamia?

What is farming settlements established in 7000 BC. They utilized their resources for farming.

600

Who was the first military empire who mastered iorn making?

What is the Hittites?

600

This rank included merchants, craftspeople, farmers, and fisherman.

What is the Middle (Common) Class?

600

_____ is a horse-drawn cart with wheels that was used in battle.

What is a chariot?

600

Why did they give Mesopotamia its name?

What is because in Greek it ment land between the rivers.

800

Hammurabi´s Code reveals this about Bablyonian Society.

What is the code reveals that Babylonian society was split into different rankings, a social hierarchy. In Hammurabi’s code, different ranks had different punishments, but they all followed the same laws( I will accecp any awnser that covers this).

800

____ is a characteristic of a civilization that included beliefs and behaviors of a society or group of people.

What is culture?

800

_____ was the king Uruk and was often mentioned in Sumerian literature. And (as a bonus) _____ was the king of Akkad who built the world´s first empire. 

Who was Gilgamesh and Sargon(in the order this was written)?

800

How did geography shape the lives of Ancient Mesopotamians?

What is geography shaped the lives of Acient Mesopotamians because their lives and economy revolved around it.

800

How is cunieform first used in Sumer?

What is they first used cuneiform to keep/write business records (this was a scribe´s job)

1000

How did the Assirians counquer Mesopotamia?

What is they had a strong and well-organized army with clear roles, iron tools and chariots and  giant war machines to knock down city walls. It was all about their strong army!



1000

The seven characteristsics of a civilization are:

What is:

(In any order) 

1.Stable Food Supply

2.Social Structure

3. Government

4. Religion

5. Arts

6. Technology

7. Writing

1000

______was a brilliant military leader who brought all of Mesopotamia into the Babylonian Empire.

Who was Hammurabi?

1000

What made civilization possibe in Mesopotamia?

What is water(the rivers) and soil?

1000

Why is it important to learn about Mesopotamia?

It was the world's first civilization.