Vocabulary
People
Places
Things
Other Things
100
fertile crescent
What is the name for Mesopotamia?
100
God gave me some commandments.
Who is Moses?
100
Tigris and ______
What is Euphrates River?
100
Mesopotamians invented this round object found on carts and chariots
What is wheel?
100
step pyramids
What are ziggurats?
200
self governing city with its own government
What is a city-state?
200
I created the first written set of laws-don't make me chop off your hand!
Who is Hammurabi?
200
The rivers flow into this body of water
What is Persian Gulf?
200
this invention helps turn over soil during agriculture
What is plow?
200
Mesopotamian writing
What is cuneiform?
300
belief in many gods
What is polytheism?
300
settled in the Fertile Crescent area in 3500 bc
What are Sumerians?
300
may be the oldest city in the world. And has a big ziggurat!
What is Ur?
300
study of the stars and planets
What is astronomy?
300
scribes used this tool
What is a stylus?
400
having an extra amount of food
What is surplus?
400
created the Hanging Gardens of Babylon for his lovely bride
Who is Nebuchadnezzar?
400
capital of Babylonian empire
What is Babylon?
400
God gave Moses these things
What are 10 commandments?
400
probably created the first empire ever! Did it strike back?
Who is Sargon I?
500
to trade something with someone else with no money!
What is barter?
500
I was the first hero written in a story!
Who was Gilgamesh?
500
land between two rivers
What is Mesopotamia?
500
belief in one god
What is monotheism?
500
these people came up with the concept of monotheism
What are Hebrews or Jews or Israelites or Judaism?
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