Technology
Invented to help keep records and stories
What is writing?
Government ruled by a king or queen
What is a monarchy?
Person on top of the Mesopotamian social structure
Who is the king?
Literally means "Land between Rivers"
What is Mesopotamia?
The Avengers would be considered today's version of this kind of stories featuring legendary heroes.
What is an Epic?
First used to make pottery; today used in travel
What is the wheel?
Large territory governed by one ruler
What is an empire?
Person who spends years learning how to read and write
What is a scribe?
Pyramid-shaped structure with a temple at the top.
What is a Ziggurat?
Black mucky soil that I would definitely want for farming
What is Silt?
Tool to help travel up and down a river
What is a sailboat?
Territory governed as a political district of an empire
What is a province?
The belief in more than one god
What is polytheism?
An independent city that governs itself
What is a city-state?
So called because of its shape and that it's good for farming
What is the Fertile Crescent?
First writing system developed in Mesopotamia
What is cuneiform?
King who came up with 282 laws for Mesopotamia.
Who is Hammurabi?
Stone pillars that mesopotamians could look at to know the laws
What are Steles?
Mountains, Deserts, and bodies of water that allowed early civilizations to flourish
What are natural boundaries?
The "loser's tax" paid to the winner of a war
What is a tribute?
Tool to create ditches for farming.
What is a plow?
Set the standard by creating the first empire.
Who is Sargon?
If I wanted to sell my pottery I might go "on the road" with one of these
What is a Caravan?
One of the 7 ancient wonders of the world built in babylon (HINT: must have looked and smelled beautiful)
What are the Hanging Gardens?
The country I would be in if I time traveled from ancient Mesopotamia to 2020.
What is Iraq?