Rulers
I was a Babylonian King
Who is HAMMURABI?
The belief in many gods
What is polytheism?
A temple tower in Mesopotamia.
What is a ziggurat?
I was the leader of the first empire, Akkad.
Who was Sargon?
Without the Mesopotamian invention of the ______, we may not have cars, bicycles, or even trains.
What is the wheel?
I was the civilization led by King Hammurabi.
What is Babylonia?
A professional writer.
What is a scribe?
I was one of the most legendary historical figures, I was a heroic priest-king from the Sumerian city-state of Uruk. There is a great epic written about me.
Who was Gilgamesh?
Mesopotamians created the first writing system. This writing system is called what?
What is cuneiform?
A brutal civilization that was very war-like and would often conquer the civilizations around them.
What is Assyria?
I am the body of water to the west of Mesopotamia.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
A _______ is a land with different territories and peoples under a single ruler.
What is an empire?
Why did Mesopotamian leaders order walls to be built around their city-states?
What is from protection from invaders?
City-states in Mesopotamia were separated by land that was difficult to travel through. How did this impact their government?
What is city-states were independent from each other and there was no central king or ruler.
Finish this law : “If a man put out the eye of another man, his __________________.”
What is his eyes shall be put out?
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?
In the social hierarchy, these people are compared to kings and are leaders in the ziggurats.
Who are priests?
This was a major event/discovery that allowed civilizations to arise in 8,000 BCE.
What is agriculture?
Most people in the first city-states in Sumer were ______ (occupation).
What are farmers?
What body of water is located to the East of Mesopotamia
What is The Persian Gulf?
How did the Mesopotamians deal with the flooding of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?
What is digging irrigation ditches and canals?