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Mesoptamia was an ancient region located in what is modern day.....
What is Syria, Turkey, and Iran?
Hammurabi had a code that included this many laws:
What is 282 laws?
The moon shaped area that was good for farming was....
What was the fertile crescent?
The people of Mesopotamia believed in many gods. This is called:
What is polytheism?
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were built by:
These two rivers surrounded Mesopotamia:
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
Mesopotamians developed the first system of writing called....
What is cuneiform?
Hammurabi's code was written on clay tablets called....
What are steles?
What are ziggurats?
The system of controlling the flow of water to bring it to plants is called...
What is irrigation?
The first people to start a civilization in Mesopotamia were.....
Who are the Sumerians?
This great epic was Sumerian.
What is the epic of Gilgamesh?
Babylonians used this mathematical system to create 60 seconds, 60 minutes, and 360 degress.
What is base 60?
This people controlled land for others to rent in Sumerian society.....
Who are priests?
Hammurabi warned all future kings to follow his code or else he would:
What is place a curse on them and their people
The Mesopotamians relied on the river for this important thing, other than drinking and agriculture....
What is transportation?
Hammurabi got his power to rules from this god.
Who is Shamash?
Hammurabi had many laws. This saying originated from Hammurabi's code to show that punishments should fit the crime. (Think eyes!)
What is an eye for an eye?
Kings and priests were in charge of Mesopotamia. This is a certain type of government...
What is a theocracy?
This is the punishment for a son striking his father:
What is cutting off both hands?
Mesopotamia is called, "The Land Between...."
What is "Two Rivers?"
These people developed the writing system cuneiform.
Who are the Sumerians?
The three different classes of Mesopotamia were....
landowners, freemen that didn't own land, and slaves
This type of society featured independent states with their own governments, like their own small countries
What are city-states?
This is punishment for a surgeon messing up a surgery
What is getting his hands cut off?