Geography
I am the land between two rivers.
What is Mesopotamia?
This was the first civilization to arise in Mesopotamia.
What are the Sumerians?
This is used to control flood waters and bring water to crops and plants.
What is irrigation?
I was a Babylonian king.
Who is Hammurabi?
These group of people believe in many gods.
What is polytheism?
Civilizations developed near this geographical feature that was important for trade and transportation?
What are rivers?
This empire started in 2100 BC.
What is Babylon?
This process tames animals and plants to make them more useful for human use.
What is domestication?
I created the world's first empire.
Who is Sargon?
I was the first written story and or work of literature.
What is The Epic of Gilgamesh?
This is a strip of land connecting two continents.
What is a land bridge?
What is Sumerian?
I supported the growth of crops.
What is fertile soil?
What are governments?
These were built as temples to honor gods and goddess.
What is a ziggurat?
Mesopotamia is often referred to as the ________ because of the shape of the area and its rich soil.
A brutal civilization that was very war like and would often conquer the civilizations around them.
The development of different kinds of job.
What is specialization?
A city that is also a separate independent state with its own god or goddess and government.
What is city-state?
What is Hammurabi's Code?
The two rivers that run through Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?
These laws were placed in public so that all people could see them.
What is Hammurabi's Code?
This was a major event that allowed civilizations to arise in 8000 BCE.
What is agriculture?
I was one of the most legendary historical figures. I was a heroic priest king from the Sumerian city-state of Uruk.
A professional writer.
What is a scribe?