Who commissioned the creation of the Royal Road through Persia?

Who is known as the "King who lost an Empire"?

True or False: The Persians’ Cuneiform is one of the world’s five original written languages

True or False: Cyrus the Great commissioned the building of the Royal Road

True or False: Cyrus was responsible for the beginnings of the Persian Empire because he united all the tribes in the area.

Wedge-shaped writing on clay tablets. First writing system used by ancient people.

Religious belief in more than one god.

A wanderer, someone who travels place to place without a permanent residence.

Important king who developed an overarching set of laws for all citizens to follow.

Land located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.

The most important building in each city-state.

The first detailed writing system

Founded by Hammurabi.

A wonderer

The rivers that enclosed the Fertile Crescent.

The belief in many gods

What are the three social classes of Sumerian Hierarchy?

Women did have privileges which was uncommon in other regions of the world. What does the word privilege mean?

The surplus of crops also led to the development of new, more specialized jobs. What is a surplus?

Hammurabi's laws were meant to bring peace, justice and order, but the people of Sumer lived in fear.

Hammurabi did not unite Mesopotamia under his rule.

These temples were built to keep the gods happy as well as used a civic centers.

This earliest form of writing was developed in Mesopotamia.

___ flooded every year providing fertile soil to help grow crops

This King is recognized for writing the first codes of law.

What is another name for Mesopotamia?

This ancient civilization is also known as the "Cradle of Civilization".

Mesopotamia lies between these two rivers?

This ancient civilization was surrounded by deserts and lacked natural barriers.

Mesopotamians practiced this type of religion?

A large territory or group of territories governed by one ruler

The first Empire was called

This empire had a large well-trained army that used iron weapons

The leader of Akkad was

This emperor conquered each Sumerian City-State one by one

What did Assyrian Kings build that made ruling their large empire easier?

Sargon's Empire lasted for how many years?

What Chaldean achievement is considered to be one of the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World?

Why did Nebuchadnezzar build the Hanging Gardens?

Which option below is one of the four characteristics of civilization?

What did the Assyrians build that contributed to Diffusion?