The land that lays between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers and is was the site of ancient civilizations such as the Sumerians, Babylonians, Assyrians and others.

The large arch shaped are of fertile farmland in Southwest Asia is known as

Created the world's first Empire

The world's first writing system, made up of wedge-shapes on clay tablets

ALl Mesopotamian societies believed in many gods, otherwise known as being this

A way of supplying water to an area of land to increase crop production

The two rivers which deposited fertile silt and allowed Mesopotamia to become a civilization

These people conquered the Babylonians through their use of iron weapons and chariots

Nebuchadnezzar helped the Chaldeans rebuild Babylon and created these beautiful architectural achievements to greet people that entered the city

282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life, written on stone steles for everyone to see

Land with different territories and peoples under one rule

This civilization began in Southern Mesopotamia and is known as the world's first civilization

He ruled for 42 years and wrote a code of laws

The Sumerians built huge pyramid shaped temples for their many gods called

The order of The social hierarchy started with Kings and the top and slaves at the bottom, name three different groups that would occupy the 3 categories in between

A writer of cuneiform in Sumer was called

Sargon created the world's first empire. He was from an are just north of Sumer called

This group of people defeated the Assyrians in 612 BC, their most famous king was Nebuchadnezzar

They were the first Mesopotamian empire to stretch into Asia Minor and Egypt

He was the leader of the Chaldeans whose effort rebuilt and restored the city of Babylon

The structure of a society in which people had different roles and levels of wealth and respect

This beautiful city was located on the Euphrates River near what is Baghdad, Iraq today. Hammurabi ruled from this city

This group of peoples were traders who gave the world the gift of the alphabet

Three things the Phoneticians were known for or accomplished were?

Summarize 4 of Hammurabai's laws