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General Vocabulary
Empire specific Vocab
Which empire
After Mesopotamia
100
ziggurat
What is an ancient Mesopotamian temple
100
Akkadian Empire
What is the first empire?
100
military power
What type of power was used by each empire to conquer the next?
100
The Mongols
Who conquered the area of Meospotamia, later Iraq, 800 years ago in about 1200 BC?
200
cuneiform
What is the first developed language (developed in Mesopotamia)
200
Assyrian Empire
What is the largest empire in terms of land during the Mesopotamian Empire?
200
All the Meospotamian empires
Which empires were unable to control such a large amount of land and soon lost power?
200
Great Britain/England
Who was given control of Iraq after World War I? They ruled Iraq beginning in 1920.
300
empire
What is a large amount of land under one ruler?
300
Babylonian Empire
What is Hammurabi was king and developed a set of codes
300
Babylon
Which empire built an inner and outer wall, towers for archers to stand on, and a moat filled with water to protect their city?
300
biological and chemical weapons and terrorists
Why did President Bush believe the US needed to go to war with Iraq?
400
irrigations
What is the system of delivering water to dry fields?
400
Neo-Babylonia
What empire was skilled at math and astronomy and developed the sundial?
400
Alexander the Great
Who was only 20 years old when he became king of Macedonia and conquered territory from Egypt to India?
400
US and Great Britain/England
Which countries pledged to rebuild Iraq after the war?
500
city-state
What is independent government unit frequently in conflict?
500
Alexander the Great
Who took over the entire area from Egypt, through Mesopotamia to India?
500
Hammurabi
Who developed a system of laws to impose order on his empire?
500
December 2011
When do the last of the troops left Iraq?