Ancient Writing Systems of Mesopotamia
Helps with communication, the recording of history, and the sharing of ideas.
What is Written Language?
The ruler of Mesopotamia, which was located in present-day Iraq.
Who is King Hammurabi?
An ancient civilization that was located in modern-day Pakistan and northwest India.
What was the Indus Valley Civilization?
Egypt: a country in this continent in the modern day.
What is Africa?
The largest of the three pyramids in Giza. It was built out of 2 million stone blocks.
What is the Great Pyramid of Khufu?
The first writing system created by Sumerians. They were drawings that represented a word or idea.
What are Pictograms?
This helped to advance the rule of law in Mesopotamia.
What was Hammurabi's Code?
The Indus Valley Civilization most likely existed from 2500 BC to this year.
What is 1700 BC?
Kings who ruled Ancient Egypt.
Who are Pharaohs?
The Pyramids of ______ make up one of the “Seven Wonders of the Ancient World”, and it is the only ancient wonder that is still around today.
What is Giza?
People who wrote using cuneiform to keep records.
Who were scribes?
Historians trace the creation of written laws to around this year.
What is 1772 BC
One of the major cities built by the Indus Valley people.
What is Mohenjo-Daro?
Stone structures with four triangular sides.
What are Egyptian pyramids?
Built for ancient pharaohs, or Egyptian kings, according to experts. They served as enormous and elaborate tombs.
What are pyramids?
Set down in writing or some other permanent form for later reference, especially officially.
What is record?
Hammurabi’s Code: the ____ laws were inscribed on a stone pillar.
What is 282?
Due to the location of this River, Mohenjo-Daro had very good soil for growing crops .
What is the Indus?
Pictures that represent words, and they were written on some of the pyramid walls.
What are Hieroglyphs?
Be filled with wonder or astonishment.
What is marvel?
The action of buying and selling goods and services.
What is trade?
A punishment imposed for breaking a law, rule, or contract.
What is a penalty?
A low area of land between hills or mountains, typically with a river or stream flowing through it.
What is a valley?
Exercise ultimate power or authority over (an area and its people).
What is rule?
They are puzzled by how the blocks were moved by the Ancient Egyptians.
Who are archaeologists?