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Vocabulary
The Assyrians/ Chaldeans
Hammurabi and Babylon
The Summerians
Contributions
100
"The land between two rivers"
What is Mesopotamia?
100
By 800 BCE, they had taken over most of Mesopotamia?
Who are The Assyrians?
100
6th King of Babylon
Who was Hammurabi?
100
Earliest civilization known on earth
What is Sumer
100
Became the model for other people's writing
What is cuneiform?
200
Society with a developed knowledge of farming, trade, government, art, and science.
What is civilization?
200
well-organized, powerful due to advanced weapons, cruel
Who was The Assyrian army?
200
Government housing program
What is one of Hammurabi's laws?
200
First city builders
Who are The Sumerians?
200
Helped transportation
What is the wheel (invented by the Sumerians)
300
Sumerian writing system made up of wedge-shaped signs
What is cuneiform?
300
The Assyrian empire proved too large to govern well, The Chaldeans brought this about
What is The Fall of Assyria?
300
"an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth"
What is The Code of Hammurabi
300
Sumerian temple
What is a Ziggurat?
300
Based on 12, we still use it today
What is The 12 month calendar?
400
Sumer, Assyria, Babylon, Sargon and Ninevah
What are the five empires of Mesopotamia?
400
Built by Nebuchadnezzar to please his wife. They are also considered to be one of the 7 wonders of the ancient world.
What are The Hanging Gardens of Babylon?
400
Hammurabi did this to improve the irrigation system
What is built and repaired canals?
400
Famous Sumerian story
What is Gilgamesh?
400
From this came the 60-minute hour, 60-second minute, 360-degree circle.
What is a number system based on 60?
500
To supply dry land with water artifically
What is irrigation?
500
Believed themselves to be descendants of The Babylonians.
Who are The Chaldeans?
500
Law created by Hammurabi that is still used in our justice system to this day.
What is "innocent until proven guilty"
500
True or False: A Sumerian man could sell or rent his wife and children
What is True!!! :( OMG
500
Allowed farmers to grow more food with much less effort
What is the plow?