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2 - Mesopotamia
(Willis) 2 Mesopotamia
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A complex society with cities, organized government, art, religion, class divisions, and a writing system. | Civilization |
| A method of bringing water to a field from another place to water crops. | Irrigation |
| An independent state made up of a city and the surrounding land and villages. | City-state |
| A skilled craftsperson who produced items such as jewelry, weapons, or armor. | Artisan |
| The Sumerian system of writing that is made up of wedge-shaped markings. | Cuneiform |
| A record keeper or copier of documents who often worked as a high ranking government official. | Scribe |
| A group of diverse territories or nations under the control of a single ruler or government. | Empire |
| The king who created the first Babylonian Empire; he is known for his collection of laws called the “Code of Hammurabi” that covered most areas of daily life. | Hammurabi |
| A flat plain known as the Fertile Crescent in what is now southern Iraq. Its boundaries are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers & it is the site of the earliest known civilization. | Mesopotamia |
| The region of southern Mesopotamia where many cities had formed by 3000 B.C. & where many important technological advancements took place. | Sumer |
| A city and trade center built near the Euphrates River in the 1800s B.C. that would become one of the greatest cities of the Ancient world under rulers like Nebuchadnezzar. | Babylon |
| A river in Southwest Asia that formed Mesopotamia along with Euphrates River. | Tigris River |
| A river in Southwest Asia that formed Mesopotamia along with Tigris River. | Euphrates River |
| The practice of buying, selling, or bartering for items that has helped to spread ideas around the world. | Trade |
| The king of the Akkadians who conquered all of Mesopotamia & created the world's first empire. | Sargon |
| A political district or territory governed as a part of a country or empire. | Province |
| A group of traveling merchants and animals. | Caravan |
| A person who studies stars, plants, and other heavenly bodies. | Astronomer |
| People from the area of Assyria in northern Mesopotamia who conquered all of Mesopotamia, Israel, & Egypt with a large standing army, new military organization, & the large scale use of iron weapons. | Assyrians |
| The removal and scattering of whole populations of people from their homelands with the intent of dividing them to prevent rebellions. This method was commonly used by the Assyrians. | Mass Deportation |
| The King of Assyria who built the Great Library at Nineveh, from which much of our knowledge about ancient Mesopotamia has been gathered. | Ashurbanipal |
| Also known as the Chaldeans. Led by Nebuchadnezzar, they overthrew the Assyrians and created a new empire in which Babylon became one of the greatest cities of the ancient world. | Babylonians |
| A Library built at Nineveh by King Ashurbanipal that contained over 25,000 cuneiform tablets that covered religion, government, science, mathematics, medicine, & poetry like the Epic of Gilgamesh. | Great Library |
| King of the Babylonians who led the rebellion that overthrew the Assyrians. He made Babylon one of the greatest cities on earth & built the legendary Hanging Gardens to please his homesick wife. | Nebuchadnezzar |
| The capital of the Assyrian empire and the location of the Great Library of Ashurbanipal. | Nineveh |
| Famous terraced gardens built by Nebuchadnezzar for his homesick wife. They were known as one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. | Hanging Gardens |
| Very cruel acts committed against someone. The Assyrians famously committed these against those they defeated, such as the cutting off of peoples ears, noses, fingers, & the gauging of their eyes. | Atrocities |
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