Mesopotamian Empires

A group of merchants traveling together

for safety, usually with a large number of camels is a

a person who studies stars, planets,

and the moon is a(n)

• planetarian

• astronomer

• solarian

a payment made to a ruler or state as a

sign of surrender is a

a GROUP of many different lands under one

ruler

• temple

• ziggurat

• empire

a district within a larger country or

empire is a (n)

Who were the people

living west of

Mesopotamia?

• Sumerians

• Syrians

• Amorites

What is the name of

the person who took

over the Amorite cities?

• Nebuchadnezzar of the Chaldeans

• Sargon of Akkad

• Hammurabi of Babylon

Hammurabi's

Code was important for which of the following?

• crimes

• farming

• marriage

• all of these

Why was Assyria's

army so strong? Their weapons were made out of

The Assyrians were similar to the Babylonians because they worshipped the same