Vocabulary
The building that is pyramid shaped and has a temple at the top.
What is a ziggurat?
The king who had the Hanging Gardens of Babylon built.
Who is Nebuchadnezzar?
The Sumerians settled in this area of Mesopotamia.
What is the southern area of Mesopotamia. Near where the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers join?
A civilization that started in the area between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers about the year 5000 BC.
What is Mesopotamia?
The name of the first form of literature that was about a hero that had many adventures.
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?
A person who believes in one god
What is a monotheist?
The first king of Sumer.
Who is Sargon?
The Sumerians invented this to move things easily.
What is the wheel?
The area where Mesopotamia developed is known as what country today.
What is Iraq?
An invention that helped the Sumerians plant their crops.
What is the name of the first civilization that developed in Mesopotamia?
Sumer or Sumerians
The king who wrote the code of laws.
Who is Hammurabi?
The Sumerians invented this type of writing.
What is cuneiform?
The land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers is also known as _________ because it was so rich.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
A code that is the basis of the legal system we have today.
What is the Code of Hammurabi?
This is formed when many different lands unite under one ruler over a wide region.
What is an empire?
The king who oversaw the development of Babylon into one of the most beautiful, richest cities of its time.
Who is King Nebuchadnessar?
The Sumerians invented this to help plant their crops more easily.
What is the plow?
What is the Persian Gulf?
This was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
What is The Hanging Gardens of Babylon?
The profession that wrote the cuneiform language. This was a difficult and prized job to have.
What is a scribe?
He was king when the Epic of Gilgamesh was written.
Who is King Sargon?
The Sumerians believed in many god. This means they were _______.
What are polytheists?
Name two countries that are on in the area of the world where Mesopotamia once was.
What are Israel, Syria, Turkey, Egypt, Iran, Iraq?
Merchants, farmers and artisans were members of this social class.
What is the middle class?