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Mesopotamia
Question | Answer |
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land between the rivers settled in 500 B.C. | Mesopotamia |
This area includes the Tigris & Euphrates Rivers and extends to the Mediterranean Sea | Fertile Crescent |
Today, this ancient land included Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and Turkey | Fertile Crescent |
silt, fertile land, and irrigation was provided by | the rivers |
Sumerians built these to help control floods | damns |
Sumerians believed in this type of religion | polytheism |
a group of many different lands under one ruler | empire |
a payment made to a ruler or state as a sign of surrender | tribute |
a district within a larger country or empire | province |
a group of merchants traveling together for safety, usually with a large number of camels | caravan |
a person who studies starts planets and the moon | astronomer |
Akkadian leader and the first Emperor of Sumer and Akkad which eventually became Mesopotamia | Sargon |
Amorites took over Mesopotamia and built many cities, the biggest was known as | Babylon |
King of Babylon who later conquers cities and forms the Babylonian Empire | Hammurabi |
a system or set of law | a code |
famous code of law created by Hammurabi | the code of Hammurabi |
these people conquered the Babylonians and forced people they conquered to pay tribute | Assyrians |
Reason why the Assyrian Army was so strong | IRON weapons |
This empire divided its land into provinces; it was ruled by a king, used law codes, and built roads that connected provinces | Assyrian Empire |
this group of people conquered the Assyrians as they fought amongst themselves | Chaldeans |
Chaldean ruler who rebuilt Babylon, and made it the largest and riches city in the world | King Nebuchadnezzar |
King Nebuchadnezzar built this wonder of the ancient world | Hanging Gardens of Babylon |
These people were the first to use a seven day week | Chaldeans |
contributions of the Chaldeans | built Hanging Gardens, promoted trade, studied astronomy, made first sundial, seven-day week |