Sumer
Name for large band of fertile land between deserts and mountains?
Fertile Crescent
What did Babylon do to Sumerian Culture?
Adopted it
What did Neo-Babylonia do to Sumerian culture?
Kept it
Hittites used what type of equipment on their horses?
Chariots
When Israel split, what were the two kingdoms names?
Israel and Judah
Name for "land between the rivers"?
Mesopotamia
King of Babylonia that created the Babylonian Empire?
Hammurabi
What is another name for the Neo-Babylonians?
Chaldeans
Where were the Hittites from?
Turkey
Who was the Giant that the Shepard boy David kills?
Goliath
What kept water back from flooding?
Dikes
How many law codes were there?
282 Law Codes
What architectural achievement of Neo-Babylonia can still be seen today?
Ishtar Gate
Who defeated the Hittites?
Sea Peoples
Who is the King of Israel after David?
His son Solomon
Sumerian math is based off of what?
The number 60
Babylonians most important achievement is?
Hammurabis code (Early written law code)
Who was the Neo-Babylonians greatest King?
Nebuchadnezzar
What type of warfare were the Assyrians really good at?
Siege Warfare
When Israel and Judah were conquered. What were the two Empires that did it?
Assyrians and Chaldeans
What was the relationship between ancient Sumerian Cities?
Separate city states.
What was the original tribe that became the babylonians?
Amorites
What were Neo-Babylonias three most impressive public works?
Hanging Gardens, Tower of Babel, Ishtar Gate
Who conquered the Assyrians?
Neo-Babylonians
What do Israelites call their homeland?
Canaan