Mesopotamia 1
Between what two rivers is Mesopotamia located? x
Tigris and Euphrates
What is a tribute? x
A protection tax.
What modern day country is most of Mesopotamia located in? x
Iraq
Where did writing start? x
Sumer
What does polytheism mean? x
Belief in more than one god.
Who created the Code of Laws? x
Hammurabi
Name means "rightful king"
Sargon of Akkad
What was the most important building in a city-state? (this is also where the gods lived) x
Ziggurat
What is a city-state? x
A city that governs itself like a country.
What two great improvements did King Nebuchadnezzar build? x
The Tower of Babel and the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.
A payment made to a ruler or state as a sign of surrender or honor
What is a tribute?
The city that housed the world's first library
What is Nineveh?
What is an empire? x
A group of different lands and people governed by one ruler.
Two groups of people who overthrew the Assyrians
Who are the Chaldeans and the Medes?
Where the Assyrians were known for their military, the Chaldeans were known for this
Scientific advancements
What is an artisan? x
A worker in a skilled, non-food related trade.
This empire housed the famous "Hanging Gardens" of Nebuchadnezzar
What is the Babylonian empire?
What military advantage did the Assyrians have over their enemies?
Iron weapons, horse-drawn chariots, horse archers
Sumerians created astronomy, math, and the calendar by observing what? x
Stars, sun, moon
What was the first form of writing? What did it evolve into? x
Pictures. Evolved into cuneiform.
What factor allowed great civilizations, like the one in Mesopotamia, to develop? x
Food surplus
The formal name for the "eye for an eye" principle
What is the Lex Talonis?
Babylon's 300 ft ziggurat is believed to be in which biblical story?
The tower of Babel
The name of the Babylonian sungod believed to have given Hammurabi the code of law
Shamash
How did Babylon's location contribute to it becoming so rich?
It is located on a major trade route on the Persian Gulf