Miscellaneous
The term used to describe people who had no permanent homes.
What is a nomad?
This building was a major cultural center in Nineveh.
What is the library?
This system was started to train children how to write.
What is a school system?
This famous Babylonian King wrote a code of laws.
Who is Hammurabi?
The meaning of the word Mesopotamia.
What is land between two rivers?
The time period BEFORE the invention of writing is referred to as...
What is prehistory?
Women had these rights in Assyria.
What are limited?
This invention made it easier to farm land.
What is the plow?
This area was where people would trade goods with each other.
What is a bazaar?
The Mesopotamian region is found in this modern day country.
What is Iraq?
This shape shows the social hierarchy of civilizations.
What is a pyramid?
The use of these tactics allowed Sumerian armies to conquer cities.
What are siege tactics?
This invention allowed Sumeria to record it's history.
What is cuneiform?
Babylon means...
What is Gate of God?
This is the building at the center of cities where politics and religious ceremonies were performed.
What is a ziggurat?
The growing of a food ______ allowed people to stop farming and develop _________ ________.
What is surplus & specialized skills
The statues guarding the entrances to palaces are called _______.
What are Lamassus?
This invention allowed people to move swiftly from place to place.
What is the wheel?
Babylon developed this to know when the rivers would flood.
What is a calendar?
Two rivers found in the Fertile Crescent Region.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
This science is the study of human history by analyzing artifacts.
What is archeology?
The main god of Assyrians is named _____.
What is Ashur?
The Sumerians Math system was based on this number.
What is 60?
The Babylonian Empire was conquered by this group.
Who are the Assyrians?
The civilizations of Mesopotamia followed a __________ religious belief system.
What is polytheistic?