Vocabulary 1
A _____ was a pyramid-shaped structure with a temple at the top to honor the city-state's chief god
ziggurat
Who was the ambitious leader who ruled the kingdom of Akkad and conquered the Sumerian city-states one by one; he became known as the "King of Sumer and Akkad"
Sargon
What two rivers promoted the growth of Mesopotamian civilizations?
Tigris & Euphrates
What empire came first?
Neo-Babylonian, Akkadian, Phoenician, or Assyrian
Akkadian
Province
When you make additional supplies for a later use, the additional items are called
surplus
Who created the Babylonian Empire after the fall of the Sargon one; he launches building projects to improve the empire; known for creating a set of laws for his empire
Hammurabi
What are the 3 characteristics of Mesopotamian city-states?
1) had their own government
2) built walls around the city
3) fought each other over land and resources
Which Empire came second?
Neo-Babylonian, Akkadian, Phoenician, or Assyrian
Assyrian
A group of letters that stand for sounds
A group of many different lands under one ruler
empire
This group settled in the Levant of Mesopotamia; location influenced it's development as a sea-trading civilization; used the sun and stars to plot routes on trading voyages; one of the major contributions was the development of the alphabet
Phoenicians
Which came first?
Specialization, irrigation, food surplus
Irrigation
Which Empire came third?
Neo-Babylonian, Akkadian, Phoenician, or Assyrian
Neo-Babylonian
Chopped or cut
Hewn
Back then they used to pay ____, now we pay taxes; forced payment made to a ruler
tribute
Began around 1000 years after the empire of Hammurabi; constructed large temples and palaces filled with wall carvings and statues; had a king named Ashurbanipal who built one of the world's first libraries
Which came last?
Specialization, irrigation, food surplus
Specialization
Which Empire came last?
Neo-Babylonian, Akkadian, Phoenician, or Assyrian
Phoenician
A set of official rules; a system of principals or rules
Code
when you worship multiple gods
polytheism
Created by Nabopolassar and his son, Nebuchadnezzar; through lots of conquests, the Babylonians gained control of almost all of the Assyrian land
How did Sargon build the first empire in Mesopotamia?
He conquered Sumer's weakened city-states
Which of these is not an empire we talked about?
Neo-Babylonian, Ninevah, Akkadian, Phoenician, or Assyrian
Ninevah
Catch or accuse
Ensnare