Ancient Mesopotamia Study Guide

What was the first urban civilization in southern Mesopotamia?

What language was spoken by most people in ancient Mesopotamia?

What is the eastern river that was vital to life in ancient Mesopotamia?

What people ended the rule of the Assyrians and the Babylonians?

What was not an invention of the Mesopotamians?

What civilization was known as a warrior society?

What Akkadian leader was the first emperor of Mesopotamia?

What people were the first to write down and record their system of law?

Who was the sixth king of the first Babylonian Dynasty who wrote one of the earliest codes of law in history?

What was the economy of ancient Mesopotamia mostly based on?

What was the longest river in ancient Mesopotamia?

What curved shaped moist and fertile land allowed one of the first civilizations to form?

Who was the founder of the Persian Empire which was the largest in the world at the time?

From about when to when did ancient Mesopotamia rise and fall?

What wedge shaped characters on clay tablets were used in the ancient writing systems of Mesopotamia?

What demigod of superhuman strength, described within an Akkadian poem, was said to have built the city walls of Uruk.

How did the Sumerians solve the problem of flooding?

What form of government was first used by the Sumerians?

In what current country is most of Ancient Mesopotamia located?

What massive terraced step pyramids were built by the Sumerians and the Babylonians?