Gods/Godesses
Who am I? I reign super. I am the sky father.
Who is An?
Extra! Extra! Eat all about it. It's more food than you need.
What is a food surplus?
These people were known for their strong army and huge empire. They also had aqueducts and canals as well as beautiful palace art.
Who are the Assyrians?
These are the things people hold most dear. They're sacred and important.
What are values?
This is something created AFTER the time period being studied. For example, Mr. Willis is one of these as is your history textbook.
What is a secondary source?
Love and war? I am the goddess of BOTH! My twin sister is Utu.
Who is Inanna?
This is the system of watering crops or plants by bringing water from rivers to the fields to grow food. How else would the Sumerians been able to live in a desert?
What is irrigation?
Ever heard of Hammurabi’s Code? This empire was known for having more rights for women and slaves.
Who are the Babylonians?
This is a large territory in which multiple city-states are ruled by a single leader or government.
What is an empire?
It's a god or goddess.
What is a deity?
Am I good? Am I bad? Who's to say? The storms. The air. The Earth. That's all me.
Who is Enlil?
These are circular basins in which flood water can be captured and stored to be used in fertilization and irrigation of the land.
What are reservoirs?
Sargon! Sargon! He's our king! If he can't do it, we'll just have to rely on our military strategies and 3D art.
Who are the Akkadians?
This is the belief in many gods. It's what the Sumerians practiced.
What is polytheism?
This is the system where the people at the top have the most power. I wouldn't want to be at the bottom!
What is social structure?
No one in. No one out. If you wish to enter the land of the dead, you must go through me. I am the goddess of the underworld.
Who is Ereshkigal?
These are the narrow passageways used to direct flood water into reservoirs.
What are channels?
This civilization had the first cities and city-states. It was known for cuneiform writing, irrigation, the wheel and plow, and ziggurats.
This is the belief in one god and one god only.
What is monotheism?
This is the first set of laws developed by the Babylonian king that applied to all. It was necessary because the population was growing.
What is Hammurabi's code?
Who is Marduk?
These are the raised barriers to keep flood waters from spilling onto land.
What are levees?
This is the order of the empires/civilizations.
What is Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians, Assyrians, and Neo-Babylonians?
This is the first form of writing developed by the Sumerians in 3,500 BCE.
What is cuneiform?
These are the seven characteristics of a civilization.
What are written language, technology, government, religion, arts and architecture, stable food supply, and social structure?