Rulers
I was the Babylonian king who made laws
Hammurabi
How many gods did the Mesopotamians have?
A lot!
I was the world's first civilization in the Mesopotamian region.
Sumer
This process that was developed by the Sumerians allowed water to be moved from the rivers to their farms fields.
Irrigation/canals
A temple tower in Mesopotamia.
Ziggurat
I was the leader of the first empire, Akkad.
Sargon
We were NOT allowed to go to school in Mesopotamia.
Girls :(
I was the civilization led by King Hammurabi.
Babylonia
The two rivers that run through Mesopotamia.
Tigris and Euphrates
Writing in Mesopotamia was called...
Cuneiform
We are the group of people known for fighting and war
Assyrians
What is a Mesopotamian writer called?
Scribe
A brutal civilization that was very war like and would often conquer the civilizations around them.
Assyria
I am the body of water to the west of Mesopotamia.
Mediterranean Sea
What protected the Mesopotamians from floods?
Levees/calendars
I was the Mesopotamian who began monotheism (the belief in one god)
Abraham
Without the Mesopotamian invention of the ______, we may not have cars, bicycles, or even trains.
Wheel
Finish this law : “If a man put out the eye of another man, his __________________.”
Eye shall be put out
The area of Mesopotamia and around it is often referred to as the ________ because of the shape of the area and its rich soil.
Fertile Crescent
A city that is also a separate independent state with its own god or goddess and government.
City-state
In the social hierarchy, these people were directly below kings.
Priests
This was a major event that allowed civilizations to arise in 8000 BCE.
Agriculture/Farming
Most people in the first city-states in Sumer were ______
Farmers/slaves
What are two ways Mesopotamians were affected by their geography?
Floods gave soil, floods destroyed things, water gave them the ability to wash clothes, water crops, have drinking water, and fish to eat, etc. etc
The word "Mesopotamia" means…
The land between the rivers