Sumerians
What is the ziggurat
Literal translation of Mesopotamia
Who created a code with 282 laws that acted as a list of rules
Who is Hammurabi
What is Iraq
The majority of people in Ancient Mesopotamia and Sumer areas were polytheist while the majority of people in the US today are
What is monotheist
What Sumerian was the world's 1st Emperor
Who is Sargon
What two rivers made this area successful in growing crops
What are the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers
Who created the 1st library
Who is Ashurbanipal
The Mesopotamians built these to keep overflowing river water out of their fields
What are flood walls
In Sumer, this type of person led the religious ceremonies and made offerings to the gods while in current US society, they only led the Catholics
Who are the priests
Their belief system in regards to having many gods
What is polytheism
What were the Mesopotamians digging to help get water to their crops
What are canals or ditches
Who created a hanging garden to show his wife how much he loved her
Who is Nebuchadnezzar
The Sumerians invented these to use on both wagons and to create pottery
What is the wheel
What is a King
These people in Sumerian society kept records of things like court records, crops and marriages
What were 3 main ways the Mesopotamians used the rivers
What are irrigation, trade and travel
This king's name translates to "the rightful king"
Who is Sargon
The Sumerians used this number as a base number like we do for hours, minutes, etc
What is 60
Trading in the ancient societies happened by caravan of camels and horses while today most US trade goods come into the US in what 2 ways
What is by boat and airplane
The Sumerians used a stylus on clay tablets to write. This type of communication was called
What was cuneiform
When the rivers would flood, it would leave behind fertile soil known as what
What is silt
This person had the 1st epic written about his life
Who was Gilgamesh
The Chaldean's created a week with this many days like us
What is 7
The lowest class in most ancient societies was made up of this group of people that is now outlawed in the US
Who were the slaves