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Mesopotamia Test
Vocabulary
 Astronomer
 Caravan
 Empire
 Epic
 Irrigation
 Mesopotamia
 Nebuchadnezzar
 Nineveh
 Province
 Uruk
 Slingshot
 Tribute
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What was cuneiform, and what did it look like?
What type of weapons did the Assyrians use?
What two bodies of water did the Assyrian Empire stretch out to touch?
What led the Chaldeans to defeat the Assyrians?
Caravans most often travel by what method?
How did Nebuchadnezzar raise money for Babylon?
Chaldean astronomers were the first to map what?
Something that passes from a parent to a child when a parent dies is called what?
Who was the first ruler of Babylon?
When did the first civilizations develop in Mesopotamia?
How were Nebapolassar and Nebuchadnezzar related?
What are some important Sumerian inventions?
How did Ashurbanipal II transform the town of Nimrud (Look at “The Story Matters” at
the beginning of the chapter)?
Why did Sumerians need an irrigation system?
Long Response: What characteristics made the Mesopotamian kingdoms civilizations
(Think back to the four things all civilizations have from last chapter)?