Cities
This Mesopotamian city had hanging gardens and was surrounded by a wall that held the Gate of Ishtar.
The City of Babylon
Heavy rains would cause the rivers to do this.
What is flood?
Who is a pharaoh?
I have the head of a human and the body of a lion.
What is the Sphinx?
These people were in charge of writing down important information.
Who were scribes?
An act of exchanging goods. Exchange fish for a blanket.
What is trade?
These were dug in order to guide water from the rivers to the crops.
What are canals?
He became pharaoh at 9 and died at 19.
Who was King Tutankhamen?
This is a person's belief about how the world started, why things happen in it, and how people should live in it.
What is religion?
This was a set of 282 laws inscribed on a pillar.
What is the Code of Hammurabi?
He was the god of the City of Babylon.
Who was Marduk?
The longest river in the world.
The Nile River
This structure has a square base and four smooth triangular sides.
What is a pyramid?
This structure has a square base, four triangular sides, and a temple at the top for a priest.
What is a ziggurat?
This was the system of writing used in Ancient Egypt.
What are Hieroglyphs?
A large group of people traveling together on animals or in vehicles for a long journey.
What is a caravan?
It means, "land between two rivers" and is known as the "cradle of civilization."
Mesopotamia
Tradition said pharaohs must be a male. This specific female pharaoh became co-ruler with her cousin and even wore a beard!
Who was Hatshepsut?
This is a place at the top of a ziggurat where the priest would feed, clothe and pray to the gods and goddesses
What is a temple?
This was the system of writing in ancient Mesopotamia.
What is cuneiform?
A scientist who studies the way people lived in the past by looking at what they left behind, such as tools or pottery.
Who is an archaeologist?
This is one of two rivers that helped Mesopotamia thrive.
What is the Tigris or Euphrates River?
This Mesopotamian king grew hanging gardens for his wife.
Who was King Nebuchadnezzar?
People believe they had power over the universe. Examples are Marduk, Amon-Ra, Sobek, Horus and a cat.
Who were gods and goddesses?
Pictures or shapes used to stand for something else.
What are symbols?