RULERS
The head of an empire.
What is an emperor?
Invention that helped transport goods by land.
What is the wheel?
I was the emperor of the Babylonian empire
Who was Hammurabi?
This process of working with metals allowed for Sumerians to create stronger, more durable tools
What is metallurgy?
The name for a professional writer.
What is a scribe?
type of government where a king has total control.
What is a monarchy?
I was a heroic priest-king from the Sumerian city-state of Uruk. The first EPIC was written about me.
Who was Gilgamesh?
This invention was used for keeping permanent records.
What is cuneiform?
I am the body of water (sea) to the west of Mesopotamia.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
This form of government united multiple city-states under the rule of one leader
What is an empire?
Bronze
Who was Sargon the Great?
This invention allowed for more efficient maritime trade and travel
What is the sailboat?
A city that is also a separate independent state with its own god and government.
What is a city-state?
The name for the move from hunting and gathering food to growing crops.
What is the Agricultural Revolution?
As the creator of the world's first empire, I was from this city-state
Where is Akkad?
The total number of laws in the Code of Hammurabi?
What is 282?
The body of water that the Tigris and Euphrates rivers empty into.
What is the Persian Gulf?
This geographic feature provided protection from possible invaders into Mesopotamia
What are the Zagros Mountains?
The name for people who moved from place to place in search of food.
Who are nomads (hunter-gatherers)?