People & Society
Religion
Creations & Location
Government
Miscellaneous
100
The king of Babylon who created the Code of Hammurabi.
Who is Hammurabi?
100
The belief in multiple gods.
What is Polytheism?
100
The use of images to convey meaning
What is a pictogram?
100
A line of rulers from the same family
What is a dynasty?
100
The ranking of people in society
What is social hierarchy?
200
The leader in Mesopotamia who created the hanging gardens
Who is King Nebuchadnezzar?
200
The first ever written story in Mesopotamia.
What is the epic of Gilgamesh?
200
A system of writing that used wedged shaped symbols
What is cuneiform?
200
Independent cities that controlled their surrounding area
What is a city-state?
200
Another name for Mesopotamia
What is Cradle of Civilization?
300
The people at the bottom of the pyramid of power
What are slaves?
300
The belief in one god
What is Monotheism?
300
The enormous burnt-brick entryway located over the main thoroughfare in the ancient city of Babylon
What is the Ishtar Gate?
300
A group of people ruled by one person
What is an empire?
300
A system in which different people complete different jobs.
What is Division of Labor?
400
The top class of people within society
What are priests and royalty?
400
Stepped pyramid shaped temples built by Sumerians to honor the gods and goddesses
What is Ziggurat?
400
One of the seven wonders of the world, located in Babylon, built for Nebuchadnezzar's wife
What are the Hanging Gardens?
400
An organized system that groups use to make laws and decisions.
What is government?
400
Sharp pointy sticks to write on clay tablets.
What is a Stylus?
500
Nebucadnezzar's wife
Who is Amytis?
500
The ziggurat built by Nebuchadnezzar in babylon
What is the Tower of Babel?
500
Two major rivers of Mesopotamia
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
500
The one thing that all the different forms of government in Mesopotamia have in common
What is a central powerful ruler with great influence?
500
A way of supplying fresh water to an area of farmland
What is irrigation?
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