Geographical & Natural Challenges
These two rivers formed the boundaries of Ancient Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris & Euphrates Rivers?
This word describes small, independent cities that governed and controlled themselves separately from each other.
What is irrigation?
This Babylonian king ruled the longest and the most successfully compared to the other Rulers we've learned about. He may have also been known for a certain code of morals.
Who is Hammurabi?
These were the two requirements for your cuneiform message.
5 words minimum and school appropriate.
These mountains provided timber, stones, and other resources that Ancient Mesopotamian people used to start their civilizations.
What are the Zagros Mountains?
These people moved down from the foothills and onto the plains of Mesopotamia, eventually settling and developing one of the world's first civilizations.
Who are the Sumerians?
What is cuneiform?
This element is the source of all life in Mesopotamia and in their Creation Story.
What is water?
This is when your Mesopotamian ACE response is due.
This season would bring intense rainfall and melt the mountain snow, causing the Tigris & Euphrates rivers to flood.
What is Spring?
Before the Sumerians learned to live in larger communities, this fine and fertile dirt would clog up the system.
What is silt?
What are kings/priests?
This Akkadian king started as a servant to another king, whom he then tricked and killed, then took over the throne.
Who is Sargon?
What is Iraq?
Before the Sumerian's learned to control them, these unpredictable weather events would destroy homes and farmlands.
What are floods?
This southern plains region of Mesopotamia is where the first organized city-states began.
What is Sumer?
Due to no natural protection from outsiders, Sumerians chose to build these to keep invaders at bay.
What are walls?
Who is Marduk?
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The ancient Mesopotamians who moved from the Zagros foothills onto the plains, did so because of this reason.
What is/are food shortages OR overpopulation?
What are receipts?
These important man-made waterways helped farmers bring water to their crops.
What are canals?
In the Mesopotamian Creation Story, this terrifying salt-sea spirit was the mother of all and every.
Who is Tiamat?
What is "it's nice to see you all", "how y'all doin?", or "buenas dias/tardes"