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This king is famous for creating one of the world’s first written law codes.
Who is Hammurabi?
This temple structure was built to honor the gods and looked like a stepped pyramid.
What is a ziggurat?
Mesopotamians wrote on these clay tablets using a wedge-shaped script.
What is cuneiform?
This burial site in Ur contained treasures like golden headdresses, lyres, and royal seals.
What are the Royal Tombs of Ur?
This was the name of the first civilization
What is Sumeria?
He was the ruler of the Akkadian Empire, often called the first empire in history.Who is Sargon of Akkad?
Who is Sargon of Akkad?
This city was famous for its hanging gardens and its Ishtar Gate.
What is Babylon?
The Mesopotamians created this type of system to bring water to their crops.
What is irrigation?
This famous gateway in Babylon was dedicated to the goddess Ishtar and was decorated with blue glazed bricks.
What is the Ishtar Gate?
This was the first empire in Mesopotamian history, established by Sargon the Great.
What is the Akkadian Empire?
She was a queen of Ur, buried with elaborate treasures and attendants in the Royal Tombs.
Who is Queen Puabi?
The name Mesopotamia translates to the "__________"
What is "the land between two rivers"
The Mesopotamians invented this to help with transportation and pottery-making.
What is the wheel?
This winged creature with the body of a bull or lion, wings, and a human head guarded the gates of Assyrian palaces.
What is a lamassu?
This empire, ruled by Hammurabi and Nebuchadnezzar II, is famous for the Hanging Gardens and the Ishtar Gate.
What is the Babylonian Empire?
The British archaeologist who excavated the Royal Tombs of Ur and made major discoveries about Mesopotamian history.
Who is Sir Leonard Woolley?
These two rivers surrounded this region known for its fertile land.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
Mesopotamians built their homes using this material made from mud and straw.
What are mud bricks?
This dragon-like creature, associated with the god Marduk, appeared on the Ishtar Gate.
What is a mushushu?
This empire is known for its military strength and advanced weaponry, with Nineveh as its capital.
What is the Assyrian Empire?
This Babylonian king built the Hanging Gardens, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
Who is Nebuchadnezzar II?
Mesopotamia is also known as the fertile _____?
What is crescent?
The Mesopotamians invented this system of marking dates and time that we still use today
What is a calendar?
This object, sometimes called a "standard," was found in the Royal Tombs of Ur and shows scenes of war and peace.
What is the Standard of Ur?
Mesopotamia is often called the "Cradle of _______" because of these early developments, which included writing, cities, and organized government under empires like the Akkadian and Babylonian.
What is "civilization"?