The belief in many gods
What is polytheism?
This king believed in an eye for ana eye
Hammurabi
People who could read and write were called this
What is a scribe?
I was named a hero in an epic of Mesopotamia.
Who was Gilgamesh?
A brutal civilization that was very war like and would often conquer the civilizations around them.
What is Assyria?
Name two inventions of Mesopotamia
The wheel
plow
mathematics
cuneiform
irrigation
I was the king of the Chaldeans/New Babylon who ordered the construction of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Who was Nebuchadnezzar?
which city-state was considered the cultural center of trade?
Babylon
A city that is also a separate independent state with its own god or goddess and government.
What is a city-state?
I created the world’s first empire
Who was Sargon I?
The group who created a new alphabet
What are the Sumerians