Vocabulary
Pyramid shaped temple
Ziggurat
Northern and Southern Rivers
Tigris and Euphrates
Hammurabi was a king of _______.
Babylon
Without this I don't know when to wake up
Time
Mesopotamia is the Cradle of ______________.
Civilization
The belief in many gods or goddesses
Polytheism
Area of land that stretches from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea that allowed for civilization to begin
Fertile Crescent
Hammurabi's Code was written on a ___________.
2 meter tall stele (column)
Fun with family or friends
Board games
Ziggurats were believed to be the ________________ of gods on Earth.
Home
To be ruled by a king, queen, or both
Monarchy
Name 3 Modern Day Countries that fall within the Fertile Crescent
Iraq, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Israel, and parts of Egypt, Iran, and Kuwait
Many of the punishments in Hammurabi's Code were______________.
Without this we can't find our way
Mapping
Gilgamesh was the king of ______________.
Uruk
System of writing developed in ancient Mesopotamia
Cuneiform
What does the word "Mesopotamia" mean in ancient Greek language?
The land between the rivers
Hammurabi's Code was written so that all citizens ____________.
Knew what was expected of them
Stocks, businesses, governments, and financial institutions would not function without this
Accounting
A ____________ was someone that was trained to write.
Scribe
A god or goddesses that people pray to is known as...
Deity
Northeastern Mountain range that protected Mesopotamia
Zagros Mountains
Hammurabi's Code has __________ written laws.
282
Arguably the most important invention of all time
Writing
The king of the Mesopotamian gods was _____________.
Anu