Mesopotamia

Cuneiform

Sumerian writing meaning "wedge shaped"

Empire

a group of different territories and people united under a single ruler.

Not true about Hanging Gardens of Babylon: A. There is proof they actually existed. B. They were said to be 75 feet high. C. They were built on terraces. D. They were supposedly built by Nebuchadnezzar II.

A

Gilgamesh

1st kind of super hero

Eye for an Eye

A collection of 282 laws which were enforced under Hammurabi's rule. One of the first examples of written law in the ancient civilizations. Known as the "eye for an eye" laws that had harsh punishments.

Assyrians

A hilly northern Mesopotamia city-state. One of 3 dominant civilizations of Mesopotamia. Conquered Babylon in 689 BC using chariots, battering rams and armored horses. Ended in 612 BC when they were taken by the Chaldean from Babylon and Medes from Iran. 1115-612 BC

Fertile Crescent

A large area that contained the river valley called Mesopotamia or the land between two rivers

Dynasty

A line of rulers from the same family

City-State

A small independent state consisting of an urban area and the surrounding farmland.

Babylon

An ancient city in Mesopotamia, the capital of Babylonia. The city was on the banks of the Euphrates River and was noted for its luxury, its fortifications, and, particularly, for the Hanging Gardens of Babylon

Tower of Babel

An unfinished ziggurat built in Babylon.

Babylonians

Another group of people who settled into Mesopotamia. Created the Hanging Gardens and the Law Created the 60-minute hour, calendar with 12 lunar months and advanced multiplication tables. 1792-539 BC

Mesopotamia

Area where the Babylonian Empire was located

Iraq

Babylon was located in this present day nation

Trade goods

Barter

Polytheism

Belief in many gods. Poly = many

A. The name Babylon means "land of the young" in Akkadian B. Hammurabi was a cruel leader wo allowed the Babylonian Empire to grow weak. C. The Babylonian Empire was conquered by the Persian Empire. D. Babylon failed because it was not built near a water source.

C

Egypt was divided in nomes. Mesopotamia was divided into?

City-states

Mesopotamia writing

Cuneiform

Not true about Hammurabi's Code: A. They were written on stone steles and clay tablets. B. Many of the rules were harsh. C. There were 282 rules. D. They were very vague.

D

nomes

Egypt's equivalent of city-state Mesopotamia

Papyrus

Egyptian paper-like substances

Nabopolassar enslaved the Hebrew people for 70 years

False

Nebuchandnezzar II set up a Code of Law for Babylon

False

The Babylonians rose to power three different times

False

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon definitely existed

False

The Kassites ruled Mesopotamia for around 200 years

False

The city of Babylon was built by King Nabopolassar

False

Like early Egyptians, what did nature give them that enabled them to survive and flourish?

Fertile soil and *

Moses

Freed the Hebrews from slavery in Egypt and took them back to Canaan. They wandered the desert for 40 years.

Abraham

Hebrew leader at the time of Hammurabi rule.

Egyptian writing

Hieroglyphics

Ruler of Mesopotamia was called

King

Nebuchadnezzar II

King who led Babylon back to its former glory, ruling 43 years

Mesopotamia was famous for

Making a written Law The Hanging Gardens of Babylon Permanent records Writing system Created the first wheeled cart

While both Egypt and Mesopotamia developed writing, which was first?

Mesopotamia

Hebrews

Nebuchandnezzar II enslaved these people for 70 years

Gardens

Nebuchandnezzar II had these built, ancient wonder

Sumerians

One of the earliest groups of people to settle in Mesopotamia. Created temples, wheeled carts, metal working. 3500-2006 BC.

Kassites

People who conquered Babylon in 1595 BC

Ruler of Egypt was called?

Pharoah

Euphrates

River where Babylon was located

Edubbas

Schools in Mesopotamia

Official Egyptian and Mesopotamia writers

Scribes

Ziggurats in Mesopotamia

Sumerian temples to worship gods

Hammurabi's Code

System of laws in Mesopotamia The 1st set of written law created using cuneiform. All must obey or suffer punishment

Ziggurat

Temples built at the center of Babylon for worship

Akkadians

The Babylonian Empire followed this empire chronologically

Mesopotamia developed between what 2 rivers?

The Tigris and the Euphrates.

Mesopotamia means

The land between 2 rivers

Judaism

The monotheistic religion Hebrews practice, which set them apart from the polytheism practiced in the Fertile Crescent at the time.

Neo-Babylonian

The second Babylonian Empire was called this

Persians

These people conquered Babylon in 529 BC

At it's height, there were about 200,000 people living in Babylon

True

King Hammurabi expanded the Babylonian Empire

True

Nebuchadnezzar II ruled for 43 years as a great military leader

True

The Babylonians were the first to form an empire that emcompassed all of Mesopotamia

True

Menois

Tutors in ancient Egypt

Tigris and Euphrates

Two major rivers of Mesopotamia

Most writing in Mesopotamia was on?

Wet clay tablets

Ten Commandments

Written by Moses on Mount Sinai Important foundation to the Hebrew Law

The wheel

a Mesopotamian invention that was created at around 3500 BCE and was used to make wheeled carts

Egyptians used shadoufs to irrigate their fields, the Sumerians built:

canals, reservoirs, and levees

What geographic adversities did the Sumerians, people of Mesopotamia, face?

dry climate and flooding no natural borders

Oannes

the first Sumerian per legend

Hammurabi

the most famous Babylon King who wrote his own Code of Laws

Pyramids in Egypt were built as

tombs for pharaohs and wealthy people