Ancient Mesopotamia

Review
What do you call this region we
Learned about?
The Fertile Crescent
What technology did the Hittites
and Assyrians use in battle?
Iron weapons and Chariots
The Syrian deserts lack of good
farmland limited the growth of
Sargons empire (True or false)
TRUE
What two rivers made life in this
area possible?
Tigris and Euphrates
What do you call an area of
elevated flatland?
Plateau
What did Hammurabi and
Nebuchadnezzar have in common?
They both built up Babylon
What is a drought?
A long period of dry weather
Who served as a link between the
Sumerians and the Gods?
The Priests
What were some of the crops
Mesopotamian farmers grew?
Beans, Onions, lettuce, cucumbers, apples
and pomegranates
What was the name of the region in
Southern Mesopotamia dotted with about
a dozen cities?
Sumer
Name two things Mesopotamians
have been credited for inventing
The wheel and Glass
What is cuneiform?
The system of writing invented in Sumer
True or false: A city-state is a self
governing city that also governs
surrounding villages
TRUE
What is a Ziggurat?
A large building with a temple on its peak
What do you call it when people
believe in many gods?
Polytheism
True or false?
Ishtar was the goddess of love and war
and Enki was the god of water
True
Who was Sargon?
King of the city-state Kish
Provide at least two facts about
Hammurabi
What is a code of law?
A written set of laws that apply to
everyone under a government
What city state rose to power
after the death of Sargon?
Ur
Babylon was located near present
day
Baghdad
In 689 B.C. Babylon was destroyed by
powerful rulers from a city called
Nineveh
What do you call the belief in only
one God?
Monotheism
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