The belief in many gods
polytheism
What is irrigation?
This process that was developed by the Sumerians allowed water to be moved from the rivers to their farms fields.
What is a ziggurat?
A temple tower in Mesopotamia.
How many Laws did Hammurabi's Code have?
282
The highest level of the social class consisted of:
Priests.
I was the civilization led by King Hammurabi.
Babylonia
What are the two rivers that run through Mesopotamia?
Tigris and the Euphrates
What is a scribe?
A professional writer/recorder
A traditional story that tells a belief.
myth
A brutal civilization that was very war like and would often conquer the civilizations around them.
Assyria
What is the Mediterranean Sea and where am I in regards to Mesopotamia?
I am the body of water to the west of Mesopotamia.
MYSTERY
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I was the king of the Chaldeans who ordered the construction of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Nebuchadnezzar
What civilization built the Hanging Gardens?
Babylonians.
Mesopotamia is often referred to as the ________ because of the shape of the area and its rich soil.
Fertile Crescent
What is a city-state?
A city that is also a separate independent state with its own god or goddess and government.
I created the world’s first empire
Who was Sargon I
What is agriculture?
This was a major event that allowed civilizations to arise in 8000 BCE.
The group who created a new alphabet and traded purple cloth.
Phoenicians.
What is Babylon?
This civilization was a crossroads of trade because of its central location.
What is famine?
A time when people starve because there is so little food.