Rulers
I was a Babylonian King
Who is Hammurabi?
The belief in many gods
What is polytheism?
I was the world's first civilization in the Mesopotamian region.
What is Sumer?
This process that was developed by the Sumerians allowed water to be moved from the rivers to their farms fields.
What is irrigation?
This huge temple was made out of mud-bricks in Mesopotamia.
What is a ziggurat?
who was at the top of the social class group
The belief in one god
Monotheism.
I was the civilization led by King Hammurabi. My capital city was Babylon.
What is Babylonia?
The two rivers that run through Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and the Euphrates?
What is a scribe?
who sent the kings to rule?
the gods
A special agreement between two people or gods and people.
Covenant.
social class
which region of Mesopotamia was dryer: north or south
south
true or false: the wheel was invented in mesopotamia
true
I was the king of the Chaldeans who ordered the construction of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Who was Nebuchadnezzar?
the name of the writing in Mesopotamia
Cuneiform.
true or false: women in Mesopotamia could be women
True
Mesopotamia is often referred to as the ________ because of the shape of the area and its rich soil.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
A village or city with rural area surrounding it: is also a separate independent state with its own god or goddess and government.
What is a city-state?
I created the world’s first empire. First ruler of Mesopotamia.
Who was Sargon?
trading without using money
Barter
true of false: any citizen in Mesopotamia could communicate with the gods
false
This civilization was a crossroads of trade because of its central location. The capital of Babylonia.
What is Babylon?
A time when people starve because there is so little food.
What is famine?