Geography
The land between the two rivers Euphrates and Tigris (2)
What is Mesopotamia?
state containing several countries or territories (13)
What is an EMPIRE
Belief in the existence of MANY Gods (7)
What is polytheism?
invented wheels and sails on boats (9)
Who are the Sumerians?
system of writing that uses triangular shaped symbols (8)
What is cuneiform
The land great for growing that stretches in a crescent shape from Mesopotamia to the Mediterranean coast. (1)
What is the Fertile Crescent?
King of Babylon who developed a code of law based on the belief of eye for an eye.(20)
Who is Hammurabi?
Belief in the existence of one god.
What is monotheism?
Hanging Gardens (26)
Who are the Babylonians?
Kept track of stored goods, sales, taxes, agreements, stories, and laws (12)
What are scribes and priests
What city became the center of Hammurabi's Mesopotamian empire? (17)
What is Babylonia
A political division where a city controls itself and the surrounding area.(5)
What is a city-state?
this agricultural techinique helped Sumerians produce more food (6)
What is irrigation
Calvary (26)
Who are the Assyrians?
The largest group of people in the Babylonian Empire included what people? (21)
Who is the farmers, artisans, and slaves
Used by the people who lived in Mesopotamia to bring water to the crops on the farms. (6)
What is irrigation?
By conquering Mesopotamia cities and uniting them under his rule. He placed loyal Akkadians in government and religious positons. (16)
How did SARGON create Mesopotami's empire
The main belief is that there is a struggle between GOOD and EVIL (30)
What is Zoroastronanism
Used a common currency. (28)
Who are the Persians?
payment or gift to a stronger power (23)
What is a tribute
The continent Mesopotamia is located on. (MAP)
What is Asia?
Persian king who had many roads built across the empire. (26) (29)
Who is Darius the Great?
The building used for religious purposes and shaped like a pyramid (11)
What is a ziggurat?
used iron tools nad weapons (26)
Who are the Assyrians?
a grand stone carving or pillar (25)
What is a stele