Fast Facts
I was a Babylonian King who placed laws in the center of town.
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?
A temple tower in Mesopotamia.
What is a ziggurat?
This was invented so that Mesopotamians could trade in the mountains
What is a sail boat?
We were allowed to go to school in Mesopotamia.
Who are upperclass boys?
Mesopotamia began in what year
What is 3500 B.C.
The two rivers that run through Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and the Euphrates?
A professional writer.
What is a scribe?
This was invented to help farmers be able to farm easier and faster
What is the plow?
Mesopotamians created the first writing system. This writing system is called what?
What is cuneiform?
The name of the riverboats
What is Turnips?
I am the body of water to the west of Mesopotamia.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
Scribes used this to write on
What is clay tablets?
Why did Mesopotamian leaders order walls to be built around their city-states?
What is from protection from invaders?
Without the Mesopotamian invention of the ______, we may not have cars, bicycles, or even trains.
What is the wheel?
Finish this law : “If a man put out the eye of another man, his __________________.”
What is his eyes shall be put out?
Mesopotamia is often referred to as the ________ because of the shape of the area and its rich soil.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
Mesopotamians traded for this
What is gold, silver and wood?
In the social hierarchy, these people are compared to kings and are leaders in the ziggurats.
Who are priests?
This was a major event that allowed civilizations to arise in 8000 BCE.
What is agriculture?
Most people in the first city-states in Sumer were ______
What are farmers?
What body of water is located to the East of Mesopotamia
What is The Persian Gulf?
The word Mesopotamia means…
What is land between two rivers?