20 questions
largest temple for worship
ziggurat
silt
cuneiform
Mesopotamia
methods for watering crops
silt
ziggurat
cuneiform
irrigation
Chaldean (Neo-Babylon) king who built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Sargon
Nebuchadnezzar
Hammurabi
Scribe
He was ruler of the world's first empire
Nebuchadnezzar (Neo-Babylon)
Sargon (Akkadians)
Hammurabi (Old Babylon)
Cyrus the Great (Persia)
Because irrigation made farmers more productive, they produced a surplus. This led to
other jobs
an epic
an empire
a drought
What is the name of the area of arc-shaped land that was good for farming? It extends from the Med. Sea to the Persian Gulf.
Mediterranean Sea
Fertile Arc
Fertile Crescent
Fertile Land Area
Hammurabi's code was significant because
it was part of the oral traditions of Babylonia
For the first time, an organized list of laws were written down
Everyone in the ancient world followed it
The laws applied to everyone equally
What are the Akkadians known for?
Having a king's son inherit the throne
Advanced weapons like the battering ram
Astronomy and other science topics
A large library
What does the word Mesopotamia mean?
land between the temples
land between rivers
between the empires
between the rich soil
Who conquered the NeoBabylonian empire?
Persian king-Cyrus the Great
Hammurabi
Akkaddian king-Sargon
The Purple Snails
The two groups who defeated the Assyrian empire and started Neo Babylon are
Akkadians and Persians
Medes and Chaldeans
Tigris and Euphrates
Phoenicians and Israelites