Mesopotamia Vocabulary
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- Q1a social order ruled by a kingmonarchy30sEditDelete
- Q2the belief that kings were part man and part goddemigod30sEditDelete
- Q3Assyrians were one of the major peoples to live in Mesopotamia during ancient times. They lived in northern Mesopotamia near the start of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.Assyrian Empire30sEditDelete
- Q4land located between the Tigris and Euphrates RiversFertile Crescent30sEditDelete
- Q5important king who developed an overarching set of laws for all citizens to followHammurabi30sEditDelete
- Q6Founded by Hammurabi in 1792 BC, the Babylonians were the first to form an empire that would encompass all of Mesopotamia.Babylonian Empire30sEditDelete
- Q7king of the Babylonian Empire, who reigned c. 605 BC - 562 BC. Both the construction of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon and the destruction of Jerusalem's temple are ascribed to him.Nebuchadnezzar30sEditDelete
- Q8agricultural areas with a walled city in the center of the region, ruled by its own government led by a kingcity-state30sEditDelete
- Q9one of the world's first city-statesSumer30sEditDelete
- Q10religious belief in more than one godpolytheism30sEditDelete
- Q11one of the oldest-surviving and most famous stories about a demigod kingThe Epic of Gilgamesh30sEditDelete
- Q12written language that evolved from pictographs to phonographscuneiform30sEditDelete