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Mesopotamia
Babylonians
Sumer
Assyrians
Chaldeans
100
Skilled workers who made metal products, cloth and pottery
What is an artisan
100
Who built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Who is Nebuchadnezzar and the Chaldeans
100
Name a Sumerian invention
What is wagon wheel, plow, sail, irrigation systems
100
The Assyrians lived in the north near this river
What is Tigris
100
First to have a seven day week
What is Caldeans
200
Two major rivers associated with Mesopotamia
What is Tigris and Euphrates
200
People who study the heavenly bodies
What is an astronomer
200
Sumerians upper class was made up of
What is Kings and Priest
200
The Assyrians borrow their iron making techniques from
What is Hittites
200
An immense staircase of greenery
What is the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
300
Mesopotamia means
What is land between two rivers
300
groups of traveling merchants
What is a caravan
300
The city states built grand temples called
What is ziggurats
300
The Assyrian soldiers were considered brutal and cruel because
What is they punished anyone who resisted their rule, drove people from their lands, and made settlers pay taxes
300
King of the Chaldeans
What is Nebuchadnezzar
400
This is the way Mesopotamians controlled the flow of the rivers
What is through irrigation systems
400
Set of laws set out by a Babylonian king who ruled from 1792-1750bc
What is Hammurabi's Code
400
The first known civilization arose in what is present day
What is Iraq
400
The Assyrian capital was situated in this city
What is Nineveh
400
Under the Chaldean rule Babylon quickly became
What is the world's largest and richest city
500
Why was Mesopotamia considered "the cradle of civilization"
What is some of the earliest civilization arose in Mesopotamia and had a great effect on world history
500
The Akkadians of northern Mesopotamia created the first empire and were ruled by
Who is Sargon
500
They served many gods, so their religion is considered
What is polytheistic
500
Political districts
What is province
500
Chadeans took control of Mesopotamia in
What is 612 BC