Firsts
I was a Babylonian King that created the first laws
HAMMURABI?
The belief in many gods
polytheism
What do the 2 sides of the Standard or Ur tell us
war and peace
a 7 wonder that has no proof of ever existing because of how amazing it was
Hanging Garden on Babylon
The first empire
Akkad or Akkadian
We were allowed to go to school in Mesopotamia.
upperclass boys
The rivers that Mesopotamia is between
Tigris and Euphrates
The first form of writing was called this
cuneiform
Our houses were made of this
mud-brick
The nickname for Mesopotamia
The fertile crescent
Without the Mesopotamian invention of the ______, we may not have cars, bicycles, or even trains.
wheel?
The people of Mesopotamia are called this
Sumerians
The major event that allowed civilizations to arise in 8000 BCE.
Agriculture
Mesopotamias land is known as this NOW
Iraq