Rulers
The belief in many gods
What is polytheism?
Snow would melt off of these mountains in Mesopotamia. In turn this would provided silt for the entire fertile crescent.
What are the Zagros and Tarsus Mountains?
This process that was developed by the Sumerians allowed water to be moved from the rivers to their farms fields.
What is irrigation?
A temple tower in Mesopotamia.
What is a ziggurat?
I worked above a king in Mesopotamia.
Who is a priest?
We were allowed to go to school in Mesopotamia.
Who are upperclass boys?
I was the civilization led by King Hammurabi.
What is Babylonia?
The two rivers that run through Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and the Euphrates?
A professional writer.
What is a scribe?
I was one of the most legendary historical figures, I was a heroic king from the Sumerian city-state of Uruk. A long epic was written about me.
Who was Gilgamesh?
A long story in Mesopotamia.
What is a epic?
A brutal civilization that was very war like and would often conquer the civilizations around them.
What is Assyria?
I am the body of water to the west of Mesopotamia.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
Scribe school would take _____ years.
12
I was sent to defeat the King Gilgamesh.
Who was Enkidu?
the two largest classes of people in Mesopotamia.
Who are farmers and slaves?
This group was the first group to map the stars and building the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.
What is the Chaldeans?
Mesopotamia is often referred to as the ________ because of the shape of the area and its rich soil.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
A city that is also a separate independent state with its own god or goddess and government.
What is a city-state?
I was a ruler that made laws.
Who was king Hammurabi?
This was a major event that allowed civilizations to arise in 8000 BCE.
What is agriculture?
The group who created a new alphabet and traded purple cloth.
What are the Phoenicians?
Snow melted off of us to provide silt in Mesopotamia.
what are the Zagros and Tarsus Mountains?
A time when people starve because there is so little food.
What is famine?