Geography
Mesopotamia means "land between the rivers" because it is located between these two rivers:
Tigris and Euphrates
Usually, only these people could enter the Mesopotamian places of worship:
Priests
Ancient Mesopotamian city-states were protected by these structures:
Walls
The Neo-Babylonians are known for this famous achievement, which may or may not have been real:
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Hammurabi was the first king of Mesopotamia to write these down:
Laws
Yearly flooding helped the Mesopotamians develop this skill:
farming
Shrines were kept in these Mesopotamian religious buildings:
ziggurats
This was the world's first civilization:
Sumer
Ancient Mesopotamians used this wedge shaped form of writing:
Cuneiform
By allowing people to keep their customs and rulers, this king was able to become popular with the people he conquered:
Sargon the Great
Yearly flooding was controlled and water was taken to crops through these structures:
Canals
This word means "many gods," which is what the ancient Mesopotamians worshipped:
Polytheistic
These people were known for their shipbuilding, which allowed them to trade across vast distances:
Phoenicians
The development of farming led to a growth in this:
population
In this poem, a king learns that immortality is not for humans but we can live on through our deeds and creations:
The Epic of Gilgamesh
The great farmland and abundance of water gave the area around Mesopotamia this nickname:
Fertile Crescent
Mesopotamians believed the afterlife was a dark and lonely place where the dead wandered forever without this:
Air
Assyrians were known for their skill in warfare including their weapons made of this material:
Iron
Cities with their own kings and priests that are completely independent are known as:
City-states
According to legend, this woman established Carthage and committed suicide by burning herself:
Dido
Carthage was located in northern Africa on the coast of this sea:
Mediterranean Sea
Ancient Mesopotamian societies were organized by social classes with this person at the very top:
Priest
This is considered the greatest achievement spread through trade by the Phoenicians:
Alphabet
These were the first written laws:
Code of Hammurabi (Hammurabi's Code)
This king established the Akkadian empire:
Sargon the Great