Sumer
Assyria and Babylon
Famous people
Inventions
Definitions
100
Sargon was originally from this city-state.
1) Kish
2) Babylon
3) New York
4) Egypt
1) Kish
100
King Hammurabi used this in order to control the water flow which he was then able to control the southern cities of Babylon
What is a dam
100
He was the king of Sumer who began the Akaddian Empire.
Who was Sargon
100
Sumerians invented this. It was first made of stone and could help move carts from place to place.
What is a wheel.
100
This means to believe in many gods.
What is Polytheism
200
Sumer was located near this gulf of water to the south
What is the Persian Gulf
200
Sumer and Babylon was located in this present day country.
Iran or Iraq
What is Iraq?
200
Sumerians prayed to this god when they wanted a good harvest.
Ur
Ki
Swi
Who is Ki
200
It was a method of writing that used different pictures on a clay tablet as a language.
What is Cuneiform
200
This document has the five books from the Hebrew Bible. (Hint: It is on a scroll)
Koran
Torah
Bible
What is the Torah
300
Sumerians were especially good at this
What is Farming
300
this place was the capital of Babylonia
What is Babylon?
300
A famous board game was named after him. Also, a city was named after this King.
Ur
Uruk
Sumer
Who was Ur
300
A self governing city that also governs nearby villages.
What is a city-state
300
It is a group of lands and people ruled by one government
What is an empire
400
This was an official writer for the Sumerian Empire
What is a scribe?
400
According to Code of Hammurabi if you hurt one of these people you would have to pay half a fine
What is a slave
400
He established the Jewish kingdom in Jerusalem
King David
King Solomon
King Joseph
Who is king David
400
It is a system of channels that transport water from one place to another.
What is an irrigation system
400
This is used to control the flow of water from a river to a canal.
tributary
levee
Dam
What is a levee
500
These two rivers cut through Sumer
What are the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
500
Assyria originally was called this
Ashur or Uruk
What is Ashur?
500
In the Jewish bible this man parted the red sea and freed the Jews from slavery in Egypt.
Who is Moses
500
This was a list of laws that Babylonians had to follow
What is the code of Hammurabi
500
A flattened pyramid made of mud-brick which was an important religious place.
What is a ziggurat