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| What area is the Land Between the Two Rivers? | Mesopotamia |
| What are the names of the two rivers where settled life and cities first arose? | Euphrates and Tigris Rivers |
| What was the first city-state? | Sumer |
| What was the first empire? | Sumeria |
| Who was the legendary king of Sumeria whose adventures are recounted in the first epic poem? | Gilgamesh |
| Who was the powerful ruler of the Sumerian Empire? | Sargon the Great |
| Who was the great ruler of the Old Babylonian Empire? | Hammurabi |
| What was the significance of Hammurabi's Law Code? | It imposed uniform rules and punishments for all people in the Babylonia empire. |
| What idea is incorporated in Hammurabi's code? | Lex talionis. |
| What does Lex Talionis mean? | An eye for an eye |
| What distinguished the Assyrian Empire? | An efficient and terrible military machine which used quick movement and seige warfare. |
| Who was the aggressive leader of the Assyrian empire? | Ashurnasirpal |
| What memory device helps us with the chronological order of the mesopotamian empires? | Some Babies Are Serious Babies. |
| What wonder of the ancient world was built by Nebuchadrezzar of New Babylonia? | Hanging Gardens of Babylon |
| What is the correct time order of Mesopotamian empires? | Sumeria, Old Babylonia, Assyria, New Babylonia |
| What type of writing was developed in Mesopotamia? | cuneiform |
| What does "cuneiform" mean? | wedge-shaped |
| What is a ziggurat? | The pyramid-shaped Mesopotamian temple |
| What were the technology advances what made the Hittites so feared? | Iron weapons and horse-drawn chariots |
| What special contributions from the Hebrews (Israelites) are part of Western thought? | The concept of One God, purposeful history which is linear, and moral law |
| What word means belief in one God? | monotheism |
| What word means belief in many gods? | Polytheism |
| Who was the chief goddess of early Mesopotamia? | Ishtar |
| Why were the Phoenicians important? | They developed sea trade and set up colonies along the Mediterranean |
