Rulers
I was the Babylonian King with a code.
Who is HAMMURABI?
It was the world's first civilization in the Mesopotamian region.
What is Sumer?
Mesopotamia is often referred to as the ____ ____ because of the shape of the area and its rich soil.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
I created the world’s first empire called the "Akkadian Empire".
Who was Sargon I?
The object used to record the Sumerian written language on.
What are Clay Tablets?
I was the civilization led by King Hammurabi.
What is Babylon?
I was a good, but cruel king. I searched for the secret to eternal life. I have an Epic written about me.
Who was Gilgamesh?
The Sumerians created this in order to record various things, such as food surplus.
Cuneiform
A city that is also a separate independent state with its own leaders, laws, soldiers, and beliefs.
What is a city-state?
I was the grandson of Sargon the Great.
Who was Naram Sin?
People had to live by these rules every day in Babylon. They were based on the principle of "an eye for an eye".
What is Hammurabi's Code of Law?
This king built the Hanging Gardens for his homesick, Persian wife.
Who was Nebuchadnezzar?
The desert located directly below the Fertile Crescent.
What is the Syrian Desert?
Invention that made pottery faster and more consistently.
What is the wheel?
Before there was a king, this was the leader of the city.
Who is priest?
This was a major event that allowed civilizations to arise.
What is agriculture?
Government, cities, religion, job specialization, technology, writing.
What are the traits of civilization?
Country that makes up what used to be called "Mesopotamia".
What is Iraq?