Writing and Literacy
The writing system of the Mesopotamians.
What is cuneiform?
The first city state region of Mesopotamia.
What is Sumer?
What is polytheistic?
The fertile area shaped similarly to the moon in the Near East, responsible for farming surplus.
What is The Fertile Crescent?
The first recognized ruler of Mesopotamia.
Who is Gilgamesh?
The writing utensil of the Mesopotamians.
What is a stylus?
The kingdom that included the entire region of the Fertile Crescent and surrounding area prior to Babylon and Assyria.
What is Akkadia?
The first City in Mesopotamia.
The two rivers surrounding The Fertile Crescent.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?
Who was Sargon?
The material of the writing utensil of the Mesopotamians.
What is a reed?
The last city state of Mesopotamia.
What is Assyria?
The amount of days in the Mesopotamian week.
What is a 7 day week?
The countries located in the region of Mesopotamia today.
What are Syria, Iraq, and Turkey?
The most famous ruler of Babylon, famous for his code of law.
Who was Hammurabi?
The material on which Ancient Mesopotamians would write.
The city state popularly known for the ruler Hammurabi.
What is Babylon?
The punishment of this crime would be for you to lose an eye.
What is an eye for an eye, or taking out someone else's eye?
The continent upon which Mesopotamia exists.
What is Asia/Eurasia?
The most famous ruler of Assyria.
Who was Ashurbanipal?
The original purpose of writing in Mesopotamia.
What is/are trade/keeping up with wealth/money exchange records?
The city state most known for its cruelty, which eventually lead to its downfall.
What is Assyria?
The opinion of the Mesopotamian people on Hammurabi's Code of Law.
The two seas bordering the Fertile Crescent.
What are the Arabian and Mediterranean seas?
Who is the ruler of this classroom?
Who is Ms. Anna? If you responded with anyone but Ms. Anna, or in addition to Ms. Anna, you do not get points.