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Mesopotamian Technology
Civilizations
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Vocabulary
100
I was a Babylonian King who created the first collection of written laws, or code.HAMMURABI
100
The Sumerians invented the first writing system: it used wedges and was carved into ______.
Cuneiform was written on clay tablets.
100
I was the world's first civilization in the Mesopotamian region,.
Sumer, founded in 4000 BCE. They invented the wheel and the world's first writing system.
100
This process that was developed by the Sumerians allowed water to be moved from the rivers to their farms fields.
Irrigation.
100
A temple tower in Mesopotamia.
A ziggurat.
200
According to Hammurabi, I gave him his "eye for an eye" code.
Shamash, the sun god.
200
This Sumerian invention made it easier to transport things. People who ride the bus today benefit from it.
The wheel.
200
I was the civilization led by King Hammurabi around 1750 BCE.
Babylonia. King Hammurabi created the first code of laws.
200
The two rivers that run through Mesopotamia.
Tigris and the Euphrates River.200
Mesopotamians believed in many gods. This is called ____?
Polytheism
300
I was one of the most legendary historical figures. They say I was part god, part human. I was a heroic king from the Sumerian city-state of Uruk.
Gilgamesh
300
This was a major event that allowed civilizations to arise in 8000 BCE.
Agriculture, which created a reliable food supply.
300
A brutal civilization that was very war like and would often conquer the civilizations around them.
Assyria, which came after the Babylonian Empire in 900 BCE.
300
Mesopotamia is often referred to as the ________ because of the shape of the area and its rich soil.
Fertile Crescent.
300
A large and diverse territory ruled by one leader or one government is called an _____.
Empire
400
The kings tell the people that we provide divine support. We choose the king to rule.
The gods
400
Two early machines invented by the Assyrians to attack city walls.
A siege tower and battering ram.
400
This civilization came after Sumer but before Babylonia and was the world's first empire.
Akkadian Empire, founded in 2300 BCE.
400
Mesopotamia located in the present day region called the _____.
Middle East.
400
An advanced human society with high levels of arts, sciences, and government is known as a ______.
Civilization
500
I created the world’s first empire (the Akkadian).Sargon the Great
500
The Assyrians also had weapons made out of this metal, which is way stronger than stone or wood.
Iron weapons
500
The Akkadians were the world's first empire. They conquered their neighbors in order gain what?
Good farm land, wealth, and slaves.
500
Mesopotamia is located next to which African country?
Egypt.
500
All civilizations in human history, so far, have a _______. (Hint: it looks like a pyramid with a king on top).
Social structure
