Names
A name of a river similar to Tiger
Tigris River
The area of Mesopotamia between and around the Tigris and Euphrates rivers is known for being good for farming. This land area is known by this term:
The Fertile Crescent
A large settlement often ruled by one ruler.
City-state
Cuneiform
Oldest written law code.
Hammurabi's Code
A name of a river not named the Tigris
Euphrates River
Before the development of civilization and cities, the peoples of Mesopotamia were:
Nomads
Irrigation techniques protected both villages and these from being destroyed in floods.
Crops
Cuneiform means
Wedge-shaped writing
Hammurabi
Ziggurat
Both the Tigris and the Euphrates were known to do this in the late spring.
Flood
This agricultural (pertaining to farming) technology both tilled and seeded the land.
Seeder-plow
The aspect of Mesopotamian civilization that was positively affected by the development of writing due to the ability to keep records of transactions, purchases, etc.
Business, trade
Laws written were not vague but:
clear
A writing utensil in Ancient Mesopotamia
Stylus
Outside of the Fertile Crescent, most of the areas around Mesopotamia were hot and:
Dry
Each city-state had its own king and its own:
god
The ancient Mesopotamians practiced a religion that included many gods depending on their city. This is known as:
polytheism
The system of punishment in Hammurabi's Code was based upon this principle.
Eye for an eye
Mesopotamia is an ancient Greek term meaning:
The answer to the flooding problem.
Irrigation
Oldest known recorded piece of literature.
Epic of Gilgamesh
Hammurabi claimed that the origin of the law was not human but:
divine