Government and Religion
He developed the first set of recorded laws
Who is HAMMURABI?
The people at the top of the social order
Who are the King and the Royal Family?
One of the oldest-surviving and most famous stories ever
What is the "Epic of Gilgamesh"?
This process that was developed by the Sumerians allowed water to be moved from the rivers to their farms fields.
What is irrigation?
A temple tower in Mesopotamia.
What is a ziggurat?
A portion of land made up of agricultural areas with a walled city in the center of the region
What are city-states?
This group had many rights and privileges that were uncommon in other regions of the world.
Who are women?
Assyrian Empire also invented _____ and_____system
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What is the lock and key?
The two rivers that run through Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and the Euphrates?
A professional writer.
What is a scribe?
The world’s first empire
What is the Akkadian Empire?
The belief in more than one god
What is polytheistic?
Their measurement base of 60 led to this current system?
What is time?
I am the body of water to the south of Mesopotamia.
What is the the Persian Gulf?
The Nile is located here.
What is Egypt?
Hammurabi was the king of this empire
What is Babylon?
The Sumerians, the first civilization of Mesopotamia, invented this to carry more resources across the land
What is the wheeled cart?
Sumerians also developed one of the first written languages ever recorded
What is the cuneiform?
Mesopotamia is often referred to as the ________ because of the shape of the area and its rich soil.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
A city that is also a separate independent state with its own god or goddess and government.
What is a city-state?
The god of air and the god of water
Who are Enil and Enki?
They were referred to as "mountain men" and "mountain women."
What are slaves?
The group who created the world’s first city-states, and they had the world’s first monarchies as well.
Who are the Sumerians?
This yearly event allowed rich soil to be depostied in the fertile crescent
What is a flood?
The term used when there has been no rain for a long period of time
What is a drought?