Vocabulary
I study the planets and the stars.
Who is an astronomer?
I am a long poem that records the deeds of a legendary or real hero
What is Epic?
A change that has an enormous effect on how people live
What is a revolution?
My country is between two rivers.
What is Mesopotamia?
one ruler
What is a monarchy?
I'm a pyramid shaped structure with a temple on top.
What is a ziggurat?
A system of writing developed by the Sumerians
What is a cuneiform?
First empire in Mesopotamia
What is the Akkad Empire?
What is Euphrates and Tigris?
I govern myself and my surrounding territory.
What is a city-state?
a person who writes or copies a document
What is a scribe?
I am system that helps water the gardens/farms
What is irrigation?
Hammurabi was the ruler of this empire
What is the Babylon Empire?
I am located between the Mediterrain Sea and the Persian Gulf.
Who is Babylon?
I was a prisoner or a slave and belong to this class.
What is lower class?
I'm a method for watering crops
What is irrigation?
A set of official laws developed by the first Babyon ruler.
Hamurrabi's Code
I am a brutal and harsh ruler and had a large army.
Who is the Assyrian Empire?
I am farmland between these two countries.
What is Asia and Africa?
I am a king or a priest and belong to this class.
What is the Upper Class?
small particles of soil
What is silt?
I am round and helped develop the chariot.
What is a wheel?
I defeated the Assyrians because I grew tired of their brutal tactics and treatment of people.
What is the Chaldean Empire?
My empire was located between the Persian Gulf and Egypt.
What is the Chaldean Empire?
I work as a farmer,fisher, or merchant and belong to this class.
What is the Middle class?