Geography
In which present day country was Mesopotamia in.
What is Iraq?
The belief in many gods
What is polytheism?
I created the first set of laws.
Who is HAMMURABI?
Sumerians invented this. It was first made of stone and could help move carts from place to place.
What is a wheel.
Irrigation made it possible to raise a surplus of crops and develop technology which led to people specializing in certain areas ________.
What is trade?
The two rivers that run through Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and the Euphrates?
The belief in one god.
What is Monotheism
I was one of the most legendary historical figures, I was a heroic priest-king from the Sumerian city-state of Uruk
Who was Gilgamesh?
It was a method of writing that used different pictures on a clay tablet as a language.
What is Cuneiform
A professional writer.
What is a scribe?
I am the body of water to the west of Mesopotamia.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
This was the first monotheistic religion.
What is Judaism?
I was the other significant character in the Epic of Gilgamesh.
Who was Enkidu?
A self governing city that also governs nearby villages.
What is a city-state
It is a group of lands and people ruled by one government
What is an empire
Mesopotamia is often referred to as the ________ because of the shape of the area and its rich soil.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
This document has the five books from the Hebrew Bible. (Hint: It is on a scroll)
What is the Torah
I was the leader of the Hebrews when the group began
Who was ABRAHAM?
This process that was developed by the Sumerians allowed water to be moved from the rivers to their farms fields.
What is irrigation?
This is used to control the flow of water from a river to a canal.
What is a levee
The body of water that the Tigris & Euphrates river empty into?
Persian Gulf
A flattened pyramid made of mud-brick which was an important religious place.
What is a ziggurat
In the Jewish bible this man parted the red sea and freed the Jews from slavery in Egypt.
Who is Moses
This was a list of laws that Babylonians had to follow
What is the code of Hammurabi
The group who created a new alphabet and traded purple cloth.
What are the Phoenicians?