Mesopotamia Study Guide
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612 BC
Year that the Chaldean Empire conquered Mesopotamia
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900 BC
Year that the Assyrian Empire conquered Mesopotamia
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1595 BC
Year that the Hittite Empire conquered Mesopotamia
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1792 BC
Year that the Babylonian Empire conquered Mesopotamia
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Akkadian Empire
First known empire in history
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Assyrian Empire
Empire that conquered Mesopotamia using an organized army
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Assyrian Empire
This Empire used local leaders to help rule their territory
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Babylonian Empire
Empire that Hammurabi was king of
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Babylonian Empire
This Empire developed the first written set of laws
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Cedar wood
What did Gilgamesh and Enkidu journey to the forest for?
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Chaldean Empire
Empire in Mesopotamia which created the Hanging Gardens
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Chaldean Empire
This Empire became a center for astronomy
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City State
City that operated as it's own country, and was the basic political unit of Mesopotamia
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Clay tablets
What was cuneiform written on?
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Cuneiform
Mesopotamian writing was known as:
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Epic
Long poems written to tell stories by the Mesopotamians
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Fertile Cresent
Mesopotamia was found in the:
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Flooded
The Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers often:
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Gilgamesh and Enkidu
Who were the main characters of The Epic of Gilgamesh?
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Good - Brought silt / Bad - destroyed farms and buildings
Why was flooding of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers both a good and a bad thing?
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Hammurabi's Code
The first written set of laws in history
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Hittite Empire
Empire that conquered Mesopotamia using iron weapons and chariots
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Hittite Empire
This Empire's king was assassinated
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Iraq
Mesopotamia is found in the modern day country of:
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Irrigation
Mesopotamians did this to control and supply water to their farms
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Land between two rivers
What does the name "Mesopotamia" mean?
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Nebuchaddnezar
Most famous king of the Chaldean Empire?
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No
Was Giglamesh able to find immortality in The Epic of Gilgamesh?
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Persian Gulf
The Tigris and the Euphrates empty into which body of water?
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Polytheism
Belief in many gods is called:
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Rivers provided water, food, transportation, farmland, etc
Why were rivers vital to life for early civilizations?
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Sargon
Leader of the Akkadian Empire was
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Silt
Fine sand or clay that made the land Fertile
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Social classes and division of labor
What two things are needed to be considered a civilization?
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Sumerians
Who was the first known civilization in the world?
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Ziggurat
Pyramid shaped temples that the Mesopotamians used for worship
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