Geography & Farming
Mesopotamia means “the land between” what?
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
The earliest civilization arose in this region of Mesopotamia
Sumer
This Babylonian king is most famous for his written laws
Hammurabi
The most famous Chaldean king, known for cruelty and building projects
Nebuchadnezzar II
These Mediterranean traders became known as the purple dye people
Phoenicians
Farmers used these man-made systems to water their fields
Irrigation canals
What was the most important building in a Sumerian city-state
Ziggurat
Hammurabi called himself the King of what and what
Sumer and Akkad
This wonder was Nebuchadnezzar’s most famous accomplishment
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Phoenicia’s most important export was its what
Alphabet
What natural feature made the land fertile after unpredictable floods
Silt
Sumerians wrote using this wedge-shaped system of symbols
Cuneiform
Assyrian success came from a strong economy and weapons made of this material
Iron
The Persians first overthrew this group to build their empire
The Medes
This invention revolutionized land transportation and trade
The wheel
The Fertile Crescent stretched across this region of the world
Southwest Asia
What did surplus food in Sumer allow to grow besides farming
Art, technology, and specialized jobs
What cruel tactics did Assyrian armies sometimes use against captured people
Torture, deportation, and burning cities
Cyrus the Great’s key to success was showing this toward conquered peoples
Tolerance
Mesopotamian advances in this subject are still used in modern math
Number system based on 60
Farming began in the Fertile Crescent around what year
Around 9800 B.C.
Sargon of Akkad created the world’s first what
Empire
The Chaldeans defeated the Assyrians and made this city their capital
Babylon
Darius divided the Persian Empire into smaller districts called what, ruled by who
Satrapies, ruled by satraps
Which lasting contributions of Mesopotamia still impact governments today
Written laws, taxation, and organized administration