| A | B |
|---|
| Mesopotamia | Land between the rivers--Tigris-Euphrates |
| Sumer | First civilization in world |
| city-state | city with its surrounding land |
| Babylonia | Empire created by Hammurabi |
| Assyrians | Fierce, cruel conquerers of Mesopotamia |
| Ninevah | Capital of Assyria |
| Chaldeans | Conquered Assyria-later Babylonian empire |
| Nebechudnezzar | Emperor of new Babylonian Empire |
| Babylon | Greatest city of ancient world |
| Hanging Gardens | One of 7 wonders of ancient world in Babylon |
| Ishtar Gate | In Babylon--blue tiles |
| Phoenicians | Great seagoing traders; from Palestine |
| alphabet | Invented by Phoenicians |
| Zoroaster | Persian religion--good v. evil |
| Persian Empire | Largest empire in acient world--tolerant |
