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| Name the 4 Empires of Mesopotamia | Akkadian, Babylonian, Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian |
| He was Gilgamesh's best friend | Enkidu |
| He united the city-states of Mesopotamia | Sargon |
| Nebuchadnezzar built this Ancient Wonder of the World for his wife | Hanging Gardens of Babylon |
| Name the 2 main rivers in Mesopotamia. | Tigris and Euphrates |
| This Mesopotamian city state was a site where the Hebrews were held as slaves. | Babylon |
| Which Mesopotamian Kingdom was known to be fierce and war-like? | Assyrians |
| This Mesopotamian Empire was known for having a fierce and skilled military | Assyrian |
| This was the first civilization in Mesopotamia | Sumer |
| Independent villages with their own governments in Sumer were called by this two-word name. | city-states |
| He was the first emperor of Mesopotamia | Sargon |
| Mesopotamians carved important historical events and achievements on these stone slabs | steles |
| The uncontrolled water supply was helped by the invention of ______________ | Irrigation |
| Name something the Sumerians used to protect their cities | walls, moats |
| His code of laws included the phrase "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth." | Hammurabi |
| Mesopotamia is located in modern day ____________ | Iraq |
| Assyrians made weapons from what metal? | iron |
| Why did the Mesopotamian empires tend to fall | They became too big to control |
| The Neo-Babylonian Empire fell to the ______________ Empire, led by Cyrus | Persian |
| The religious structure at the center of Mesopotamian villages were called ______________ | Ziggurats |
| This Babylonian leader built roads, created a postal system, and allowed women and slaves to own property | Hammurabi |
| This term means a military blockade and attack on a city to force it to surrender | siege |
| Name 2 Assyrian military strategies or weapons | battering rams, rolling walls, siege warfare, tales of terror, iron weapons, use of horses |
| 2-dimensional sculptures that depicted hunting, fighting, and daily life during the Assyrian Empire | Bas-Relief |
| True or False: Hammurabi's code gave the same punishment regardless of your class | false |
| What was Mesopotamian writing called? | Cuneiform |
| A sumerian instrument made of a soundbox and strings | lyre |
| Cuneiform was first used for this purpose | Recording information about trade |
| Name 2 ways Hammurabi developed trade. | postal system, roads, standardized weights and measures |
| How were people informed of Hammurabi's code? | The codes were publicly posted in town squares |
| This phrase means that we create things to meet needs that we have or solve problems | Necessity is the mother of invention |
| In the epic tale of Gilgamesh, this goddess killed Gilgamesh's best friend | Ishtar |
| Mesopotamia is located in this modern day country | Iraq |
| Mesopotamia is in this region (smaller than a continent, bigger than a country, includes Egypt, Iran, Syria, Israel) | Middle East |
| Immediately after a leader died or was de-throned, what did the empire of Mesopotamia experience? | chaos; a lot of fighting for power |
| This Persian leader defeated the Neo-Babylonians, ending the empire of Mesopotamia | Cyrus |
| Why were geographic barriers a problem for Mesopotamia? | The lack of them made invasion easy. |
| Name a major weakness of the Mesopotamian empires that led their downfall. | They grew too big to control |
| how did people know about Hammurabi's laws? | They were PUBLICLY POSTED & would be read aloud by scribes or priests |
| What was the moral of the Epic of Gilgamesh? | You can live forever in your good deeds |
| How did Nebuchadnezzar protect his empire? | Surrounded the capital with an outer wall, inner wall, and moat. Armed the walls by putting archers in towers |
