Fertile Crescent
The word fertile means..
What is rich soil or able to produce crops?
The word "Mesopotamia" means..
This word describes a civilization controlled by men.
What is patriarchy?
The leader of the first empire in Mesopotamia
Who is Sargon?
Civilizations developed in the Fertile Crescent because...
What is the rivers created very rich farmland?
The belief in many gods
What is polytheism?
Each city-state had this building at it's center as a home to their gods.
What is a ziggurat?
To pay tribute to the emperor means to...
What is pay taxes/money?
The cities in Mesopotamia were separated into...
What are city-states?
Most gods or goddesses in Sumer were connected to what?
What is nature/weather?
This was the first written set of laws
What is Hammurabi's Code
Name 2 bodies of water (OTHER than rivers) located in or near the Fertile Crescent.
What are the Mediterranean Sea, the Red Sea, or the Persian Gulf?
In Mesopotamia, people eventually combined symbols into a script know as
What is cuneiform?
Name two people who would have been at the highest level of the social structure in Sumer.
Who are the king and the priests?
The Assyrians were especially known for this...
What is their army?
This city was the capital of Assyria
What is Ninevah?
Name 4 modern day countries located in or around the Fertile Crescent.
What are Iraq, Iran, Turkey, Israel, Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, or Lebanon?
Two ways that people in Mesopotamia learned to control the water (both from floods and drought)
What are irrigation and dams?
Name 5 achievements of the Sumerians.
What are..
the wheel, the plow, geometry, sailboats, irrigation canals, bronze, 12 month calendar, cuneiform, etc.
One of Babylon's major achievements later became one of the seven wonders of the world. It is called..
What are the hanging gardens of Babylon?
This empire was the first to have a seven day week.
What was the Neo Babylonian Empire?