Rulers
This was a man who created a set of laws to create equality between his people
Who is Hammurabi?
Mesopotamia is based in this area which is a rich area for fertile farming
What is the Fertile crescent?
What are Kings and their families?
This was created to help with magnification
What is a lens
This is a pyramid shaped temple tower
What is a Ziggurat?
This was the name of the civilization that invented the wheel
What is Sumer?
Mesopotamia also named the land between two ____
What is Rivers?
Bottom of the social pyramid
What is enslaved people
Mesopotamians began to study the create this symbol of nothing
What is zero?
This is a city and all the areas around it
What is a city-state?
This is the name of the civilization that was conquered by persia
What is Babylonia?
Scholars call Mesopotamia the ________ of civilization
What is Cradle?
Second level of society right below the top (At least 2 examples)
What are land owners, government officials, military leaders, and priests
This was invented to help doorways hold more weight
What is an arch?
Land with different territories and peoples under a single rule.
What is an empire?
This is the name of the civilization that opened trade links
What is Assyria?
These are the two rivers Mesopotamia is located on
What is Tigris and Euphrates
What are merchants, scribes, and craftspeople
Mesopotamians created cuneiform which was written on this
What is a clay tablet?
Mesopotamia fell to these people in 539 BCE
Who are the Persians
This was the creator of the first empire in Mesopotamia
Who is Sargon the Great?
Mesopotamia is located in this modern day country
What is Iraq?
Farmers, hunters, herders
Mesopotamians were the first this, studying the sky and zodiacs
This is a mixture of rich soil, clay and dirt
What is silt?