History of Mesopotamia
The meaning of Mesopotamia
What is "the land between the two rivers" or "between the rivers?"
Located in the northern part of Mesopotamia and ruled by Sargon the Great
What is Akkad?
This king of Babylon created the first codified law in ancient Mesopotamia.
Who is Hammurabi?
The worshipping and belief in many gods and goddesses.
What is polytheism?
The form of writing of the ancient Mesopotamians.
What is Cuneiform?
Present day location of ancient Mesopotamia
What is Iraq?
Mesopotamia was located between these two rivers
What are the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?
This ancient Sumerian king was considered to be two-thirds god and one-third man.
Who is Gilgamesh?
The god of air.
Who is Enlilz/
This huge temple was built by Mesopotamians to honour the gods.
What is a ziggurat?
The independent state where writing was developed
What is Sumer?
The land bathed in blood
What is Assyria?
Who are the slaves?
The goddess of fertility and life.
Who is Ishtar?
The hierarchy of different social classes in ancient Mesopotamia.
What is a social pyramid or social structure?
The Code of Hammurabi was created in this independent state
What is Babylon?
What are natural levees?
Under the leadership of this Akkadian king, he conquered Sumer.
Who is Sargon the Great?
The goddess of heaven.
Who is An?
These fierce warriors developed advanced weaponry.
Who were the Assyrians?
The trading centre in Assyria
What is Ashur?
A belt of rich farmland that stretched from Mesopotamia, northeast to Syria and southwest to Egypt.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
This British linguist was responsible for transcribing cuneiform by comparing it to old Persian text.
Who is Henry Rawlinson?
A mass grave containing the king's guards and servants who drank poison to accompany their king into the afterlife.
What are the Royal Tombs of Ur?
Babylon used a mathematical system based on what number?
Wheat is sixty?