G.R.A.P.E.S.
The study of Earth's physical and cultural features.
What is Geography?
This word literally translates to "rise high". Mesopotamians would use these temples to honor their gods.
What is a ziggurat?
The world's very first city-state.
What is Uruk?
The first king of the Chaldean Empire.
Who is Nabopolassar?
A mathematical system based around the number 60.
What is the base-60 system?
A group of people who live together in a community.
What is Society?
A form of writing that used wedge-shaped characters.
What is cuneiform?
This king developed one of the first written code of laws. He was king of the Babylonian Empire.
Who was King Hammurabi?
Rebuilt Babylon into one of the largest and richest cities in the world.
Who is Nebuchanezzar?
This invention allowed Mesopotamians to travel across rivers and other large bodies of water to trade with other civilizations.
What is the sailboat?
The process of government and lawmaking in a civilization.
What are Politics?
Belief in more than one god and/or goddess.
What is polytheism?
A group of many different lands under one single ruler.
What is an empire?
Mapping the stars, planets and phases of the moon.
What is astronomy?
This Sumerian invention allowed Mesopotamians to use vehicles, like wagons, to transport people and heavy objects over long distances.
What is the wheel?
A set of beliefs about how to behave properly, which usually includes the worship of one or more divine beings.
What is Religion?
Independent cities with their own kings and government systems.
What is a city-state?
This powerful empire is known for their well-disciplined and feared military. They were the only empire to ever conquer Egypt.
What is the Assyrian Empire?
A 300 foot tall ziggurat located in the city of Babylon.
What is the Tower of Babel?
This helped Sumerians keep track of time. It was based on the phases of the moon.
What is the lunar calendar?
A civilization's inventions and accomplishments that contribute to the advancement of humanity across the world.
What are Achievements?
A form of government in which a person is the head of government for life.
What is a monarchy?
King of the Akkadian Empire. He controlled both Akkad and Sumer for nearly 200 years.
Who is Sargon?
A staircase of hanging plants and a complex irrigation system. This was located at the palace of Babylon.
What are the hanging gardens of Babylon?
Mesopotamians dug canals that redirected water from the rivers and transported it to their fields to grow crops.
What is irrigation?