Rulers
A rectangular temple tower in Mesopotamia.
What is a ziggurat?
I created a code of laws that allowed my people to be unified under one system
Who was HAMMURABI?
What happened unpredictably every year?
What is floods?
A professional writer.
What is a scribe?
What are similarities between the Code of Laws Hammurabi created to what we do in the United States?
What is... innocent until proven guilty, judges listen to cases...
Who makes up more of the population, slaves or nobles?
Who are slaves?
This civilization was the first to follow the practice that sons of the current leader receive the power when the leader (father) dies.
What is the Akkadians?
Mesopotamia is often referred to as the ________ because of the shape of the area and its rich soil.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
I was one of the most legendary historical figures, I was a heroic priest-king from the Sumerian city-state of Uruk (Think EPIC)
Who was Gilgamesh?
A narrative poem about a hero's deeds
What is an epic?
Which civilization invented the wheel?
What is the Sumerians?
I am the river that flows south to north that is west of Mesopotamia (in Egypt).
What is the Nile River?
Finish the lyrics... "Akkadians long ago..."
What is "Conquered Sumer took control"?
This was a major event/change in lifestyle that allowed civilizations to arise in 8000 BCE.
What is agriculture?
Why did people settle in southern Mesopotamia?
What is silt flowed down the two rivers, creating fertile land for growing crops?