Civilization
Daily Life
Goverment
Hammurabi
Inventions
100
This type of temple was found at the center of a Sumerian city-state
What is a ziggurat?
100
Mesopotamian students learned this type of writing system.
What is cuneiform?
100
This modern region of the world is where ancient Mesopotamia was located.
What is Iraq?
100
This term refers to a group of city-states under one ruler.
What is an empire?
100
This invention helped Mesopotamian farmers know when floods would occur.
What is a calendar?
200
These areas of raised soil helped to keep flood waters away from the land
What are levees?
200
In the early stages, cuneiform had this many symbols.
What is a more than 2,000?
200
Where the king was said to get his power from.
What is the gods?
200
This vocabulary term refers to an improvement, and usually has to do with laws.
What is a reform?
200
This invention allowed people to write on clay tablets.
What is a stylus?
300
This word means "the land between the rivers"
What is Mesopotamia?
300
This class lived at the edges of the city in small mud-brick homes.
What is the common class?
300
The area formerly known as Persian is today part of this country.
What is Iran?
300
This term means "a way of life."
What is culture?
300
This invention used wind power to help people travel.
What is a sailboat?
400
This feature was made from sun-dried brick and surrounded each city-state.
What is a wall?
400
These people made swords and arrow heads for the army.
What are metal workers?
400
The two main Mesopotamian rivers empty into this body of water.
What is the Persian Gulf?
400
Hammurabi was the king of this ancient city.
What is Babylon?
400
This invention helped farmers to grow more food with the help of animals.
What is the plow?
500
These people would be found at the the top of the "social pyramid".
Who were priests, landowners, and government officials?
500
People at the top of of the social pyramid had more_______.
What is status?
500
This body of water, located near Egypt, separates the African continent from the Asian continent.
What is the Red Sea?
500
According to Hammurabi's code, this geographic feature would help determine who told the truth when an accusation was brought against someone.
What is a river?
500
This invention was originally controlled by drops of water.
What is the clock?
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