The Code of Hammurabi
I was a Babylonian King
Who is HAMMURABI?
The first know written language.
What is cuneiform?
I was the world's first civilization in the Mesopotamian region.
What is Sumer?
This process that was developed by the Sumerians allowed water to be moved from the rivers to their farms fields.
What is irrigation?
A massive stepped pyramid which had a temple set at the very top. This was the religious center!
What is a ziggurat?
What is 282?
What is the wheel?
I was the civilization led by King Hammurabi.
What is Babylon?
These people were the writers of Mesopotamia.
What is a scribe?
Why did Hammurabi create this written code?
What is to create order and leave no confusion?
This was the first written story.
What is a The Epic of Gilgamesh?
This social class consisted of artisans, merchants, farmers and military commanders
What is the middle class?
I am the body of water to the west of Mesopotamia.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
A wall or a pile of dirt placed in front of a river to stop flooding.
What is levee?
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This invention influenced our current notion of time.
What is the base of 60?
What is Polytheistic?
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?
What would happen to a woman who belittled her husband and ignored her duties?
What is she would be thrown into the river?
This was a major event that allowed civilizations to arise in 8000 BCE. It allowed us to go from hunting and gathering to a developed civilization.
What is agriculture?
Enlil was the God of?
What is the God of Air?
Mesopotamia was located mostly in which modern-day country?
What is Iraq?
An amount of something left over when requirements have been met.
What is a surplus?