Vocabulary
People/Places
Farming
Life in Meso
Misc
100
The land between two rivers
What is Mesopotamia?
100
Created the first empire.
Who is Sargon the Great?
100
This tool was invented by the Mesopotamians?
What is the plow?
100
Writing was invented to...
What is keep track of items they traded.
100
When the punishment is the same as the crime this is a __________ type law.
What is an eye for an eye.
200
a skilled worker
What is an artisan?
200
King of Neo-Babylon.
Who is Nebuchadnezzar?
200
Material used to construct buildings in Mesopotamia.
What is mud bricks?
200
a tool used for writing.
What is a stylus?
200
Who gives the power to the kings.
Who is the gods.
300
define city-state
What is a city that is it's own country?
300
In northern Mesopotamia and the people of this city-state were fearless warriors.
Where is Assyria?
300
Why did the Mesopotamians need to flood their fields?
What is the soil was hard.
300
The only people allowed inside ziggurats.
What is priests because they believed the gods lived inside.
300
Babylonian calendar is based on....
What is the moon.
400
a large area that is ruled by a strong leader.
What is an empire?
400
The modern day country where Mesopotamia was located.
What is Iraq?
400
How ere the Mesopotamians able to get fertile soil in the desert?
What is the melting snow brought fertile soil from the rivers.
400
To be closer to the gods the Mesopotamians....
What is built up the ziggurat like a tower.
400
All city-states have this in common
What is language, gods, writing
500
defeat of another group.
What is a conquest?
500
Sumer was located in ____ part of Mesopotamia.
What is southern part.
500
Where was the only place that the Mesopotamians could plant their crops?
What is along the sides of the rivers.
500
A pyramid shaped building with steps on the sides.
What is a ziggurat?
500
Code of Hammurabi's punishment is based upon....
What is gender and social class.
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