Hammurabi's Code
Hammurabi's code is considered this looking back at it today.
What is Harsh/Too Much......
What is the name of the king of Akkad?
Who is Sargon?
The Oldest known epic.
Epic of Gilgamesh?
Created a calendar with this many months.
What is 12?
Mr. Snow is from....
Bay City
An amount left over after a need has been met.
What is Surplus?
True or False: Hammurabi's laws were forgotten about, and rarely are referenced today.
What is False?
These two rivers flow through Mesopotamia, creating the fertile farming ground that allowed civilizations to develop.
What are Tigris and Euphrates?
The name of Gilgamesh best friend and travel buddy
What is Enkidu?
Developed this piece of technology, that made travel and moving goods much easier.
What is the wheel?
Mr. Snow went to this University....
Ferris State University
A city that governs itself and its surrounding territory
What is a city state?
True or False: Hammurabi was a city.
What is False?
The definition of Empire.
What is many different lands under one ruler?
True or False: Gilgamesh was a Mesopotamia ruler
What is True?
The people of Sumer developed one of the first known writing systems in history, called this.
What is Cuneiform?
Mr. Snow was having issues with this appliance in his apartment last week...
Water heater
A system that supplies dry land with water through ditches, pipes, or streams
What is Irrigation?
Hammurabi was famous for this "Blank for a Blank" philosophy,
What is Eye for an Eye?
This empire was led by Sargon, and was the first empire ever created
What is Akkadian Empire?
What was the name of the monster in this story?
Humbaba
Sumerian cities were independent, and governed themselves and the land around them. This is called what.
What is City State?
Mr. Snow teaches what grades?
7th, 9th, and 10th
A Group of Merchants traveling together for safety. Usually with a large number of camels
What is a caravan?
This practice existed even over 4000 years ago, and was often something that happened to a debtors family if the debtor could not pay.
What is Indentured Servitude?
This city was one of the most famous in the world, with a ziggurat over 300 feet tall, and massive hanging gardens that were considered one of the seven world wonders.
What is Babylon?
Gilgamesh and his friend in their battle against Humbaba taught the reader what lesson.
What is do not let your fears beat you?
The practice of worshiping many gods, which the Sumerians did.
What is Polytheism?
Mr. Snow has what pets?
List as many digits of Pi as you can....
Number as many digits as you can..
3.1415926535 8979323846 2643383279 5028841971 6939937510 5820974944 5923078164 0628620899 8628034825 342117067