Vocabulary
Hammurabi
Geography
People
Facts
100
Scribes
What is a Sumerian who could read and write?
100
His eye should be poked out
What shall happen if a man pokes out another man's eye?(same class)
100
Mesopotamia
What is the "land between two rivers"?
100
Bronze Weapons
What is one advantage the Assyrians had over others?
100
Lugal
What is a ruler of a city state?
200
Ziggarat
What is a mud brick pyramid style temple, with stairs on the outside called?
200
Best preserved set of written laws
What was the Code of Hammurabi?
200
Iraq
What is the present day country of Mesopotamia?
200
Stylus
What did the Sumerians use to write with?
200
Walls, Ziggurats, and a Lugal.
What did all Mesopotamian city states have?
300
Cuneiform
What is the wedge shaped writing system used in Mesopotamia?
300
U.S. Supreme Court Building
Where in Washington, D.C. can you find a picture of Hammurabi & his code?
300
Euphrates and Tigris
What is the name of two rivers in Mesopotamia?
300
Astrology, soap, potter's wheel
What are some Mesopotamian inventions?
300
Persian Gulf War
What is the war between Iraq and U.S. over water rights.
400
Polytheism
What is the belief in many gods?
400
He pays a fine. (one mina of silver)
What is the punishment for a nobleman who breaks the leg of a commoner?
400
Baghdad
What is the capital of Iraq?
400
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
What did King Nebuchadnezzar build for his wife because she disliked the flat lands of Mesopotamia?
400
Gilgamesh
What is the story of a Sumerian King who defeated Humbaba and traveled the world looking for eternal life?
500
stela
What is a stone monument?
500
The punishment was death
How do know that stealing was considered a horrible crime?
500
Syrian Desert
What is the landform that covers most of Mesopotamia?
500
Keep track of trade
What is the reason the people of Mesopotamia first used cuneiform?
500
cruel
What kind of rulers were the Assyrians?
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