People
If I Had a Hammurabi
I'm Inventive
Where in the Ancient World?
Miscellaneous Mesopotamia
100
Anu
Who was known as the "father of all gods"?
100
Cut off his hand
What would Hammurabi say is the punishment for a son striking his father?
100
Ziggurat
What is the large temple built by the Sumerians?
100
Mesopotamia
What is the "land between two rivers"?
100
Surplus
What is to have an extra supply or more that you need?
200
Monarch
What was the title of a ruler who was not elected?
200
An eye for an eye or equal justice
What is the idea behind the Code of Hammurabi?
200
Sailboat
What is an invention that made it easier to travel across water?
200
Tigris and Euphrates
What are the two rivers of the Fertile Crescent?
200
Priests and kings
What was the highest class of people in Mesopotamia?
300
Sargon
I came, I saw, I conquered Mesopotamia.
300
Another thing Hammurabi was famous for
What is taxation?
300
stylus
What is the tool used by the Sumerians to write on clay tablets?
300
Phoenicia
What was the civilization that brought us a modern alphabet?
300
Cunieform
What was the first written language developed by the Sumarians?
400
Scribe
Who helped the king record rules about the kingdom?
400
Code of Hammurabi
What was a set of laws and their punishments?
400
Wheel and writing
What are two of the most important inventions?
400
Sumaria
What was one of the major city-states of Mesopotamia?
400
Government
What is a group of people responsible for making laws for a civilization?
500
Gilgamesh
Who was an early king of Mesopotamia that was featured in an legend?
500
Equal Justice
What is the idea that all people should be treated fairly under the law?
500
Irrigation
What is the invention that allowed the Mesopotamians to bring water to dry areas?
500
Lydia
What is the place where coined money originated?
500
Merchant
Who is a person who sells or trades for a living?
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