Geography
What is "land between two rivers."
This civilization featured a ziggurat in the center of each city.
Who were the Sumerians?
The first written language
What is cuneiform?
A worker skilled in making something.
What is artisan?
Subject of the oldest known written story.
Who was Gilgamesh?
The body of water the rivers empty into
What is the Persian Gulf?
Conquered the Sumerian civilization.
Who were the Akkadians?
What is irrigation?
The belief in many gods.
What is polytheism?
Babylonian king that posted laws in the public square.
Who was Hammurabi?
The rivers are the Tigris and ___
What is Euphrates?
Nineveh was the capital city.
Who were the Assyrians?
Who were the Babylonians?
To tame animals and raise them to be used by humans
Built the Hanging Gardens for his wife.
Who was Nebuchadnezzar II?
Present day country that encompasses Mesopotamia.
This civilization developed after the Sumerians.
Who were the Babylonians?
This civilization developed the siege tower.
Who are the Assyrians?
A person with no single, permanent home.
What is a nomad?
This king built a library to store ancient writings.
Who was Ashurbanipal?
The mountain range to the northeast of Mesopotamia.
What are the Zagros Mountains?
The Assyrians were described as being ___
What is blood thirsty?
Astrology and the chain pump are innovations of ___
Who are the New Babylonians?
A city with its own traditions and its own government and laws
What is city-state?
Famed ruler known as "The Great".
Who was Sargon?