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Kings
Assyria/Babylonia
Early Sumeria
Miscellaneous
100
What is exile
What do you call an enforced absence from one's country?
100
Developed and made public an organized system of laws
Hammurabi
100
What king bragged of victories he never won, and tried to replace Babylonian gods?
Nabonides
100
Who created the world's first empire by conquering the Sumerian city-states?
Sargon
100
What does the word Mesopotamia mean?
Land Between Two Rivers
200
What do you call a worker who is skilled in making a particular product by hand?
artisan
200
Became king by murdering the king of Kish
Sargon
200
How did King Nebuchadnezzar and King Tiglath-Pileser III come to power, and what led to their eventual downfall?
What was through force and conquering; made alot of enemies through treatment of conquered people.
200
What was one topographic disadvantage the Sumerians faced?
What was dry land, flooding, few resources
200
What were the names of the two major empires that followed Sumer?
Assyria and Babylonia
300
What do you call wedge-shaped characters made with a reed stylus and used in writing several ancient languages?
cuneiform
300
Built the Assyrian Empire into a trade and military power
Shamshi-Adad
300
Who eventually conquered Babylonia, ending rule there and creating the world's most expansive empire?
Cyrus the Great from Persia
300
What was the main reasons that the Sumerians invented writing?
trade
300
What is the name of one of the Ancient Seven Wonders of the World that King Nebuchadnezzar built?
Hanging Gardens
400
What do you call a professional writer or record keeper?
scribe
400
Who punished the Jews of Judah severely when they refused to pay taxes
Who was Nebuchadnezzar
400
What created the Babylonian Empire and came to rule all of Mesopotamia?
Hammurabi
400
What is the name given to the belief in many gods?
Polytheism
400
The Sumerians invented writing, but who invented the alphabet?
Phoenicians
500
What do you call a self-governing unit made up of a city and its surrounding villages and farmland?
city-state
500
Began the practice of relocating rebellious people
Tiglath-Pileser III
500
What are 4 of the major accomplishments achieved under King Nebuchadnezzar during his reign over Babylon.
What are: Hanging Gardens, ziggurat, vast walls around the city, astronomy, place value in math, calendar based on moon, divided hour into 60 minutes
500
What were three technological advances made by the Sumerians?
What was the plow, sailboat, bulla, wheel, bronze
500
What are the five aspects of a civilization?
What are: social levels, stable food supply, system of government, specialization of labor, and culture (usually involves writing)