Ancient Mesopotamia

a social order ruled by a king

• monarchy
• Assyrian Empire
• city-state
• Hammurabi

the belief that kings were part man and part god

• demigod
• Sumer
• polytheism
• ziggurat

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. The lock and key system was invented during this era.

• Assyrian Empire
• Fertile Crescent
• monarchy
• Nebuchadnezzar

land located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

• Fertile Crescent
• Code of Hammurabi
• Sumer
• monarchy

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

• Hammurabi
• monarchy
• polytheism
• Sumer

Founded by Hammurabi in 1792 BCE, the Babylonians were the first to form an empire that would encompass all of Mesopotamia.

• Babylonian Empire
• Assyrian Empire
• city-state
• cuneiform

A king of the Babylonian Empire, who reigned c. 605 BCE - 562 BCE. Both the construction of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon and the destruction of Jerusalem's temple are ascribed to him.

• Nebuchadnezzar
• cuneiform
• demigod
• ziggurat

agricultural area with a walled city in the center of the region, ruled by its own government led by a king

• city-state
• cuneiform
• Hammurabi
• Sumer

one of the world's first city-states

• Sumer
• cuneiform
• ziggurat
• Nebuchadnezzar

religious belief in more than one god

• polytheism
• Anu
• Sumer
• Nebuchadnezzar