Government
This Babylonian king wrote one of the first written codes of laws.
Who is Hammurabi?
This type of temple was built in increasingly small steps, and at the top it was believed that a god had his or her home.
What is a ziggurat?
This was the area of the middle east where farming was particularly easy due to the quality of the soil.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
This Mesopotamian invention is still used for vehicles and transportation today.
What is the wheel?
What is civilisation?
According to a famous code of law found in Mesopotamia, if a man put out the eye of another man, this would be his punishment.
What is blinding?
These people were said to be able to talk to the gods, and interpreted signs given to them by those gods.
What are oracles?
This process allows water to be brought to land far from a river, making it easier to farm.
What is irrigation?
These people were able to read and write, which was rare in ancient times.
What are scribes?
In this kind of society, people do not live in one place permanently, but move around in small groups to follow their food.
What is nomadism?
This was the Sumerian word for a King, who was also worshipped as a god.
What is lugal?
This term refers to the worship of more than one god.
What is polytheism?
These are flat areas near rivers, which often flood and are good for farming.
What are flood plains?
This triangle-shaped form of writing was used by the Mesopotamians.
What is cuneiform?
The usual weather in a location over a long period of time.
What is climate?
These small political entities were composed of cities and the surrounding territory.
What are city states?
By slaying the Celestial Bull, Gilgamesh and Enkidu angered this goddess most of all.
Who is Ishtar?
Mesopotamia was located between these two rivers.
What are the Tigris and the Euphrates?
This is the process of taming animals, to use for food, work or transportation.
What is domestication?
What are archeologists?
In this form of government, the ruler is a religious figure, and rules are said to come directly from the gods.
What is a theocracy?
This god was the father of all the gods, and his symbol was the bull.
Who is Anu/An?
This body of water was located directly to the south of Mesopotamia.
What is the Persian Gulf?
This gates could open and close to block or let in water. They were used to regulate the amount of water on farmers' fields.
What are levees?
During this time period (8000BC-5000BC), people switched from hunting and gathering food to producing their own food by farming.
What is the Neolithic age?