Geography and Vocabulary
These rivers were the birthplace of the Mesopotamia
What are the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers?
The Sumerians were the first to use this object.
What is the wheel?
They conquered the Sumerian city-states and became the first empire of the ancient world.
Who were the Akkadians?
He possessed a library of approximately 25,000 clay tablets.
Who is Ashurbanipal?
This is a group of many lands under one ruler.
What is an empire?
This practice allowed more crops to be grown and guarded against times of drought.
What is irrigation?
This early form of Sumerian writing was done on clay tablets.
What is cuneiform?
His code of law helped to unify his empire.
Who is Hammurabi?
This metal gave them superior weapons to the Babylonians.
What is iron?
These were forced payments by those who conquered others.
What is a tribute?
This is a long poem that tells a story.
What is an epic poem?
If you could read and write, you probably held this high position.
What is a scribe?
He is considered the first emperor of the ancient world.
Who is Sargon?
This group of people rose up to overthrow the Assyrians.
Who are the Chaldeans?
Epic poems were written about this great hero.
Who is Gilgamesh?
This word means "the land between two rivers."
What is Mesopotamia?
Priests in ancient Sumer were part of this social class.
What is the upper class?
This city served as the capital for two empires.
What is Babylon?
He built one of the 7 Ancient Wonders of the World for his wife.
Who is Nebuchadnezzar?
These are people that study the stars, planets and phases of the moon.
What are astronomers?
This refers to a complex society that has organized governments, culture and writing.
What is a civilization?
If you believed in many gods, you practiced this type of religion.
What is polytheism?
This group overthrew the Akkadians to establish the Babylonian Empire.
Who are the Amorites?
The Chaldean Empire eventually fell to this group.
Who were the Persians?
These 6 modern countries occupy what was once the Fertile Crescent.
What are Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Israel and Jordan?