I was the world's first civilization in the Mesopotamian region.
What is Sumer?
100
This process that was developed by the Sumerians allowed water to be moved from the rivers to their farms fields.
What is irrigation?
100
A mixture of copper and tin is this.
What is bronze?
200
I conquered Sumer to creat the world's first empire.
Who was Sargon I?
200
We were allowed to go to school in Mesopotamia. What class and gender?
Who are upperclass boys?
200
I was the civilization led by King Hammurabi.
What is Babylonia?
200
The two rivers that run through Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and the Euphrates?
200
A professional writer.
What is a scribe?
300
I was one of the most legendary historical figures, I was a heroic priest-king from the Sumerian city-state of Uruk
Who was Gilgamesh?
300
An ancient Sumerian temple. It looks like a pyramid.
What is a ziggurat?
300
A brutal civilization that was very war like and would often conquer the civilizations around them. They learned to make iron weapons and fought on horse back.
What is Assyria?
300
I am the body of water to the west of Mesopotamia.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
300
A long poem that tells a story of a hero and his deeds. The famous one from the Sumerian culture is called Gilgamesh.
What is An epic?
400
I was the king of the Chaldeans who ordered the construction of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Who was Nebuchadnezzar?
400
The artisans, merchants, farmers, and fishermen in ancient Sumerian culture make up this class.
What is middle class?
400
This group was the first group to map the stars and building the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.
What is the Chaldeans?
400
Mesopotamia is often referred to as the ________ because of the shape of the area and its rich soil.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
400
A city that is also a separate independent state with its own god or goddess and government.
What is a city-state?
500
I created a code of laws that covered almost every aspect of life.
Who was Hammurabi?
500
This was a major event that allowed civilizations to arise in 8000 BCE.
What is agriculture, domestication, or farming?
500
The group who created the alphabet we use today and traded purple cloth.
What are the Phoenicians?
500
This civilization was a crossroads of trade because of its central location. It became extremely wealthy and powerful center of the Chaldean Empire.
What is Babylon?
500
Mesopotamia's climate is described as this, so people had to live close to the river valleys.