CHAPTER 4 MESOPOTAMIA

HE SET UP THE WORLD'S FIRST EMPIRE

WHICH MOUNTAIN PEOPLE CAPTURED BABYLON IN 539 BC

IN 612BC THE CHALDEANS DEFEATED

THE OLDEST RECORDED STORY

An artisan ( made things), merchant ( sold things), and farmers in Sumer made up the

The Epic of Gilgamesh was written in

MESOPOTAMIA MEANS LAND BETWEEN THE RIVERS IN

THIS WAS ONE OF THE 7 WONDERS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD

WHICH OF THESE WAS NOT A MESOPOTAMIAN CIVILIZATION

KING NEBUCHADNEZZAR REBUILT

THE FIRST CIVILIZATION

MESOPOTAMIA IS CALLED

SCRIBES WROTE WITH A

ASHURBANIPAL WAS AN ASSYRIAN KING WHO BUILT THIS IN THE CITY OF NINEVEH

THE CALENDAR DEVELOPED BY THE SUMERIANS WAS BASED ON

RICH PARTICLES OF FERTILE SOIL

This powerful army had around 50,000 soldiers including infantry, cavalry, and charioteers

CHALDEAN KING WHO REBUILT BABYLON

THE SUMERIANS INVENTED

Modern countries of Turkey,Syria,Iraq,Lebanon,Israel, and Jordan made up this ancient area

THE HITTITES TAUGHT THE ASSYRIANS TO USE THIS TO MAKE THEIR ARMY STONGER

A FORM OF WRITING FROM SUMER

A POLITICAL DISTRICT

A COMPLEX SOCIETY THAT HAS ORGANIZED GOVERNEMNTS, CULTURE, AND WRITING

THE FIRST SET OF WRITTEN LAW

THE BELIEF IN MORE THAN ONE GOD

PEOPLE WHO MADE METAL.CLOTH,AND POTTERY

BABYLON WAS A LEADER IN TRADE BECAUSE IT WAS LOCATED BETWEEN THE MEDITERRANEAN  SEA AND

FIERCE WARRIORS WHO TOOK CONTROL OF THE LAND AROUND 900 BC. THEY USED IRON WEAPONS

There was an abundance ( a lot ) of metal that was available as a resource in Mesopotamia

A METHOD THAT BRINGS WATER TO CROPS

THE CITY AND THE LAND AROUND IT.  HAD THEIR OWN KINGS, LAWS, ETC

CUNIEFORM WAS WRITTEN ON

The first Sumerian kings were usually

SUMERIAN TEMPLE

STUDIES THE STARS AND PLANETS

Sumerian city states increased their trade by fighting one another

THOSE WHO COULD READ AND WRITE HAD THE JOB OF A

THE FIRST CIVILIZATIONS STARTED NEAR

THE ASSYRIAN CAPITAL CITY AND HOME OF A GREAT LIBRARY

A GROUP OF TRAVELING MERCHANTS