Inventions
The invention of the plow in Mesopotamia helped society by making....
What is farming more efficient?
The world's first written language, Cuneiform, was written on this.
What are Clay Tablets?
What word best describes Hammurabi's Code?
What is harsh?
This body of water is located at the southern most point of Mesopotamia.
What is Persian Gulf
Mesopotamia was part of a larger area of rich farmland and shaped like crescent moon called...
Which advancement helped Mesopotamians expand trade over long distances?
What is a wheel and sail?
The belief in many gods can be referred to as...
What is Polytheism?
The development of writing was important because...
What is introduced written laws and business transactions?
Mesopotamia was considered part of the Fertile Crescent because of this factor.
What are yearly floods that left rich soil, silt, behind?
The belief in many gods is known as....
What is Polytheism?
What are the two most important Mesopotamian inventions?
What is a wheel and plow?
This is considered the oldest written piece of literature.
What is The Epic of Gilgamesh?
How can you explain why Sumerians developed independent city-states, before the first empires?
What is food surplus leads to supported government?
The rich soil left behind by flooding rivers in Mesopotamia.
What is Silt?
A large, pyramid-shaped temple in Mesopotamia.
What is a Ziggurat?
Mesopotamian farmers built canals, ditches, and levees to control water through a system named this.
What is irrigation?
This achievement shows Mesopotamian knowledge of architecture.
What are Ziggurats?
This word describes Hammurabi's main principle of, "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth."
What is revenge?
An empire can be described as this.
What is one ruler means one uniformed control over a large nation?
The earliest form of writing in Mesopotamia.
What is Cuniform?
Because farming surpluses supported independent governments, Mesopotamia developed....
What are City-States?
Mesopotamian Society's built temples called Ziggurats to...
What is honor their gods?
How did Hammurabi's Code influence Mesopotamian society for centuries?
What is provided written laws?
This Mesopotamian ruler created the first empire over 3,000 years ago.
Who is Sargon of Akkad?
DAILY DOUBLE (1000 POINTS):
This narrative poem follows the life of a Mesopotamian King searching for immortality.
What is The Epic of Gilgamesh?