Hey Look Over There!
These are the names of the two rivers people lived near in Mesopotamia
Tigris and Euphrates
This Mesopotamian invention was key to getting chariots rolling
Wheel
He was the first Emperor in Mesopotamia
Sargon
This is the name of Mesopotamian writing
Cuneiform
Because of this, people were able to have specialized jobs
Surplus of food
Before empires, Mesopotamians lived in _______. These were independent areas surrounds by farmland
City-States
Mesopotamians created this study of the stars
Astronomy
This is how many laws there are in Hammurabi's Code
282
This is what Mesopotamians wrote on
Clay
This modern-day country is where Mesopotamia was
Iraq
In a Mesopotamian town you might see one of these temples!
Ziggurat
Mesopotamians believed in many gods. This is called...
Polytheism
Nebuchadnezzar created hanging gardens in this city
A person who could read and write in Mesopotamia would normally have this job
Scribe
Who researches and discovers artifacts to learn about the past?
Archaeologists
The run off from these mountains to the east of Mesopotamia, caused the rivers to flood
Zagros Mountains
The ordering of people in a society is called the
Social Structure
This class of people were kept close to the kings and emperors
Priests and priestesses
This is the name of the utensil that Mesopotamian used to write
Stylus
This is the name of the fertile soil that covered fields after the flooding of the rivers
Silt
Dams, levies, and canals are examples of...
Irrigation Systems
Mesopotamians determined that there were this many degrees around any point
360
This is what Hammurabi's Code was written on (not clay)
Stele
Before their official writing, Mesopotamians used pictures. This is the name of that "writing"
Pictograms or Pictographs
How long ago did people start living in Sumer?
~7000 years ago