Mesopotamia and more
The Sumerians created a ________ calendar.
What is lunar?
In the story, Epic of Gilgamesh, the great flood lasted _____ days and ____ nights
What is seven?
How did the people in the, "land between the rivers" describe the shape of the earth?
They said it was a flat disk.
Buildings were constructed in Mesopotamia of dried _____.
What is mud?
_______ is the writing system made up of wedge- shaped symbols.
What is cuneiform?
Due to how Zodiac was set up years ago, a circle must be ____ degrees.
What is 360?
The flood of Gilgamesh is similar to ______ ____ in the Bible.
What is Noah's Ark?
The sumerian calendar has _____ months in a year.
What is 12?
Halley's comet comes around every _______ years.
What is 75?
Buildings were constructed in Mesopotamia of dried ____.
What is mud?
What were the scribe's schools called?
What is Edubbas?
The original Epic of Gilgamesh was kept on _____ ________.
What is clay tablets?
What was the name of the temple that mesopotamians built and who did they build it for?
What is ziggurat, and it was built for the god or goddess.
Silt is good for ______.
What is farming?
These were the two seasons in Mesopotamia ______ and _______.
What is summer and winter?
Hammurabi's "concept of _____ " was that the punishment should fit the crime.
What is justice?
This person warned Utnapishtim of the Great Flood.
Who is Ea?
Saving and planting _____ caused the beginning of agriculture.
What is seeds?
The two rivers that form the border of Mesopotamia are _____ and ________,
What is Tigris and Euphrates?
Mesopotamia is located in modern day _______.
What is Iraq?
How many parts did the people in the, "land between the rivers" divide the sky?
12
Mesopotamians were the first to construct ________ and _______ canals to control water
What is levees and irrigation
The first rulers of the city-states were ______.
What is priests?
People in Mesopotamia were the first to say that an hour has _____ minutes and a minute has ____ seconds.
What is 60?
One thing mesopotamia is known for is setting up the first _____ ______.
What is banking system?