Historian or Archaeologist
A person who studies written records, old books, and papers.
What is a historian
People in Mesopotamia lived here before city-states developed.
What is small villages?
This happened because of salty soil and poor drainage.
Why did crops stop growing in Sumer?
This was used by Sumerians to sign their names.
What is a carved cylinder seal?
This city is known as the Big Apple.
What is New York City
A person who studies the land and digs for artifacts to learn about the past.
Who is an archaeologist
These serve as temples for the city's god or goddess.
What are ziggurats?
This happened because of smaller harvests and a lack of natural barriers that could discourage attack.
What is the decline of Sumer?
This is the Sumerian written language.
What is cuneiform?
This Disney movie is about Rapunzel.
What is "Tangled"?
A person who uses scientific evaluation.
Who is an archaeologists?
This is the location of the most famous ziggurat.
What is Ur?
This is an independent city with political control over the surrounding area.
What is a city-state?
This is a skilled person who writes things down for other people.
What is a scribe?
This is the only mammal that can fly.
What is a bat?
These people base their conclusions on hard evidence.
Who are archaeologists and historians?
Located between the Tigris and Euphrates.
What is Mesopotamia?
This Akkadian ruler created one of the world's first empires and built a magnificent capital city.
Who is Sargon?
This is the belief in many gods.
What is polytheism?
This is Bilbo's last name in the "Lord of the Rings".
What is Baggins?
This person listens to people's spoken accounts of events.
Who is a historian?
They looked and acted like humans, but the were powerful and controlled everything.
What are Sumerian gods?
He was known for his code, the first known written code of law.
Who is Hammurabi?
This is one of the world's oldest pieces of literature.
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?
What is Egypt?