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100

I made a code of laws.

Who is HAMMURABI?

100
The belief in many gods
What is polytheism?
100
I was the world's first civilization in the Mesopotamian region.
What is Sumer?
100
This process that was developed by the Sumerians allowed water to be moved from the rivers to their farms fields.
What is irrigation?
100
A temple tower in Mesopotamia.
What is a ziggurat?
200

I was the leader of the first empire, Akkad.

Who was Sargon?

200

The highest persons on the social hierarchy.

Who are emperors/kings?

200
I was the civilization led by King Hammurabi.
What is Babylonia?
200
The two rivers that run through Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and the Euphrates?
200
A professional writer.
What is a scribe?
300

Why did Mesopotamian leaders want to take over more and more city-states?

What is to gain more farmland?

300
Without the Mesopotamian invention of the ______, we may not have cars, bicycles, or even trains.
What is the wheel?
300
Finish this law : “If a man put out the eye of another man, his __________________.”
What is his eyes shall be put out?
300
Mesopotamia is often referred to as the ________ because of the shape of the area and its rich soil.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
300
A city that is also a separate independent state with its own god or goddess and government.
What is a city-state?
400
I was one of the most legendary historical figures, I was a heroic priest-king from the Sumerian city-state of Uruk. There is a great epic written about me.
Who was Gilgamesh?
400
Mesopotamians created the first writing system. This writing system is called what?
What is cuneiform?
400
A brutal civilization that was very war like and would often conquer the civilizations around them.
What is Assyria?
400
I am the body of water to the west of Mesopotamia.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
400
A _______ is a land with different territories and peoples under a single ruler.
What is an empire?
500

In the social hierarchy, these people are compared to kings and are leaders in the ziggurats.

Who are priests?

500

Item used to write your name on wet clay more easily.

What is a cylinder seal?

500
Most people in the first city-states in Sumer were ______
What are farmers?
500

What body of water is located to the East of Mesopotamia

What is The Persian Gulf?

500
The word Mesopotamia means…
What is land between two rivers?
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