Rulers
I was an Amorite King and wrote the first Code of law.
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?
I was the leader of the first empire, Akkad.
Who was Sargon?
The Sumerians mixed together copper and tin to make this metal.
What is bronze?
I start the Royal Road which led to great communication and trade.
Who was Darius?
The two rivers that run through Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and the Euphrates?
A professional writer and record keeper.
What is a scribe?
I was the leader of the Assyrians. We had iron weapons and were cruel to others.
Who was Ashurbanipal?
Mesopotamians created the first writing system. This writing system is called what?
What is cuneiform?
A brutal civilization that was very war like and would often conquer the civilizations around them.
What is Assyria?
The main purpose of our ziggurat was______.
What is a place of worship and city hall.
A _______ is a land with different territories and peoples under a single ruler.
What is an empire?
I took over the Assyrians and built the Istar Gate.
Who was Nebuchadnezzar?
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?
A city that is also a separate independent state with its own god or goddess and government.
What is a city-state?
I believed in the Policy of Tolerance. I was well liked
Who is Cyrus?
The ancient Sumerians handled climate problems like drought by this.
What is irrigation?
The main job of a Sumerian scribe was to______
What keep records of trade?
What made Mesopotamia a good place for farming to develop?
What is good fertile soil from the rivers.
The word Mesopotamia means…
What is land between two rivers?