Map
Empires
Vocabulary
What do you know
Firsts of Sumeria
100
Which sea looks like a peace sign
Red sea
100
Who was the first civilization
Sumer
100
What is the first written poem
Epic of Gilgamesh
100
What are the two rivers that make up Mesopotamia
the Euphrates and the Tigris.
100
What helps a boat to move with wind
Sails
200
What river is below the Tigris
Euphrates River
200
Who was the first KING of the Mesopotamian empires
King Sargon
200
What was the first form of written language
Cuniform
200
Who was the King to make the first set of written laws and how many were there?
King Hammurabi, and 282
200
What helps to navigate or understand what month it is
Astronomy
300
What set of Mountains is next to Mesopotamia
Zagros Mountains
300
Who conquered the Akkadian Empire
Neo-Babylon
300
What is irrigation
a way to getthe practice of artificially applying water to land to help plants grow
300
What are the 6 levels of the social pyrimid of Mesopotamia
king, priests, scribes, merchants/articians, and commoners and slaves
300
What helps the bus go round and round
The wheel
400
Which is the Black Sea. 1,2,or 3
400
Who was the king of the Neo-Babylon
King Nebuchadnezzar
400
What is Silt
Rich fertile soil left behind by flooding
400
What were the parts of civilization that helped develop civilziations.
Surplus, Specialized labor, writing, technologies, trade
400
What helps farmers get the seeds planted
an ox driven plow
500
What gulf is at the bottom of the Tygris and Euphrates rivers,
The Persian Gulf
500
Who was the King of the Babyleons
King Hammurabi
500
What is polytheism and where did the people in Sumer worship
THe belief in many gods, Ziggurat
500
Why was Mesopotamia called the Fertile Crescent
it is a region located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, which regularly flooded the land, depositing rich silt and creating extremely fertile soil ideal for agriculture,
500
What did they use to write on the clay tablets
a stylus