It is the world's first system of writing developed by the Sumerians
What is cuneiform?
100
A legendary king, who may have been real, that ruled the Sumerian city-state of Uruk
Who is Gilgamesh?
100
Mesopotamian temple
What is a ziggurat?
100
The belief in more than one god.
What is polytheism?
200
These two features gave Mesopotamia its name
What are the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?
200
This is one of the world's oldest stories, which is important because it shows a shift in author's purpose from record keeping to writing for entertainment
What is The Epic of Gilgamesh?
200
These people communicated with the gods and became the first kings of Sumer
What were priest-kings?
200
One of the ancient wonders of the world that King Nebuchadnezzar II built for his wife
What were the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?
200
How Sumerian city-states made themselves weak allowing themselves to be conquered
What is they were always at war with other city-states?
300
Word to describe the soil of the Fertile Crescent
What is rich?
300
The material that Sumerians wrote upon
What is a clay tablet?
300
Babylonian law code that stated an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
What is Hammurabi's Code?
300
Gateway guardian of the Assyrians, which had a man's face on the body of a winged bull with 5 legs
What is a lamassu?
300
Spreading cultural traits from one culture to another
What is cultural diffusion?
400
An area of land that stretches in a large curve from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf
What is the Fertile Crescent?
400
Providing water to crops using canals
What is irrigation?
400
World's first emperor who conquered the Sumerians
Who is Sargon?
400
Trading one item for another item
What is barter/bartering?
400
Invented the world's first alphabet
Who were the Phoenicians?
500
Since there are no geographical barriers in Mesopotamia, such as mountains, these had to be built to protect cities from attack.
What are city walls?
500
Examples of Sumerian inventions (3)
What is ...
Writing
Wheel
Plow
Seed Funnel
Bronze
Cities
500
An independent state/country that includes a city and its surrounding territory
What is a city-state?
500
Job specialization in ancient times of someone who knew how to read and write