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Unit 1 Quiz 2

Terms in this set (17)

City-State
a city and the farmland around it
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
home of all 4 Mesopotamian civilizations we studied
Irrigation
A way of supplying water to an area of land used by the Sumerians
Hammurabi
Babylonian King who made a law code to control his empire from 1792 - 1750 BC
Sumerians
1st civilization; Ur (city-state), Inventions
1st Babylonians
2nd Civilization; Led by Hammurabi, 1st Empire, Babylon (city-state)
Assyrians
3rd Civilization; fierce warriors, Iron Weapons, Chariots, Nineveh (city-state)
Chaldeans (2nd Babylonians)
4th civilization; Nebuchadnezzar, Hanging Gardens, 1 million people, Babylon (city-state)
Code of Hammurabi
282 laws written by Babylonian king Hammurabi; the earliest legal code
Cuneiform
1st written language, created by the Sumerians. Wedge shaped impressions in clay
Babylon
Capitol of two Babylonian Empires...under Nebuchadnezzar it had ~ 1 million residents
Hanging Gardens
One of the 7 wonders of the Ancient World. Nebuchadnezzar built these for his wife.
Inventions of Sumer
Plow, Irrigation, Wheel, Sailboat, Cuneiform, 12 mo. Calendar, Geometry, Number system based on 60
Ziggurat
A step pyramid structure with a temple at the top. Located in the center of a city state
Clay Bricks
Used as a building material
Barley
a type of grain & main crop
Spell Mesopotamia
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