Geography
Mesopotamia is located within the continent of:
Asia
Land between two rivers in Greek.
Mesopotamia
The earliest Mesopotamian civilization.
Sumer
A Mesopotamian temple.
ziggurat
A people of the Levant who frequently fought with the ancient Egyptians.
Hittites
The eastern river of Mesopotamia.
Tigris
The desert to the southwest of Mesopotamia.
Arabian Desert
A militant empire that conquered Sumer around the year 2270 BC.
Akkadian Empire
Wedge-shaped writing.
cuneiform
A people that built their cities on top of Canaan's many hills for protection.
Canaanites
Euphrates River
The western edge of the Fertile Crescent.
Levant
A major Mesopotamian empire that followed the Akkadian Empire's reign.
Babylonian Empire
An epic poem produced in ancient Mesopotamia.
Epic of Gilgamesh
A type of writing that refers to a symbol used to represent a sound.
alphabet
Persian Gulf
A large body of water to the southwest of the Fertile Crescent.
Red Sea
One of the most important kings of Babylonia, he wrote one of the world's first law codes.
Hammurabi
The first recorded law code in world history.
Hammurabi's Code
The people that gave civilization the first alphabet.
Phoenicians
The major body of water to the far west of the Fertile Crescent.
Mediterranean Sea
The region/kingdom located near the Fertile Crescent, in northeast Africa.
Egypt
The most famous king of the Akkadian Empire.
Sargon
wheel
The Canaanites worshipped many false gods and idols. This is an example of:
polytheism