FERTILE CRESCENT
This region was known for its fertile land and was home to some of the world's earliest civilizations.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
This was one of the earliest civilizations to develop in Mesopotamia.
Who were the Sumerians?
This ruler conquered many Sumerian city-states around 2340 B.C.E
Who was Sargon?
This city became a major power in Mesopotamia after the fall of the Akkadian Empire
What is Babylon?
This Mesopotamian civilization was especially known for its powerful military.
Who were the Assyrians?
Mesopotamia was located between these two rivers
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
Ur, Uruk, and Eridu were examples of these independent political units.
What are city-states?
Sargon created this empire after conquering the Sumerian city-states.
What was the Akkadian Empire?
This Babylonian king is famous for creating one of the ancient world's best-known law codes.
Who was Hammurabi?
The Assyrians were known for using weapons made from this metal.
What is iron?
This technology allowed Mesopotamian farmers to control and direct water to their fields.
What is irrigation?
This Sumerian writing system used wedge-shaped marks pressed into clay tablets.
What is cuneiform?
The Akkadian Empire is identified in the lesson as the first one of these in world history.
What is an empire?
Hammurabi's famous collection of laws is called this.
What is the Code of Hammurabi?
This ruler rebuilt and expanded Babylon and is associated with the Hanging Gardens.
Who was Nebuchadnezzar II?
Fertile soil and reliable water helped Mesopotamians produce more of this.
What is a food surplus?
These large stepped structures served as important religious centers in Sumerian cities.
What are ziggurats?
This grandson of Sargon expanded the Akkadian Empire through military campaigns.
Who was Naram-Sin?
Hammurabi's laws dealt with subjects such as property, marriage, family, rights, duties, and these consequences for breaking laws.
What are punishments?
This Persian ruler captured Babylon in 539 B.C.E.
Who was Cyrus the Great?
Put these developments in the correct order: cities, agriculture, food surplus, permanent settlements
What is agriculture → food surplus → permanent settlements → cities?
Sumerians were this type of religious society because they believed in many gods
What is polytheistic?
Explain one major difference between the Sumerians and Akkadians.
The Sumerians lived in independent city-states, while the Akkadians united much of the region under one empire.
Why is the Code of Hammurabi important to historians?
It provides evidence of how Babylonian society was governed and how laws and punishments were organized.
This Persian ruler expanded the empire even further, creating one of the largest empires of the ancient world.
Who was Darius?