Religion
A Sumerian building of worship.
What is a ziggurat?
The kings derive power from these.
What are Gods/Goddesses?
The name of the writing system in Mesopotamia.
What is cuneiform?
What are Sumerians?
The phenomena of humans controlling a river and moving it closer to crops.
What is irrigation?
The highest level of the ziggurat.
What is a temple?
A legal code considered the first of its kind.
What is Hammurabi's Code?
Sculptures during this era are carved into this.
What is stone?
The name of the region where Mesopotamia forms. Called this because it is easy to farm here.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
The word for "land between the rivers."
What is Mesopotamia?
Government by a divine authority
What is a theocracy?
The concept of getting revenge if someone wrongs you. Popularized by Hammurabi's code.
What is an eye for an eye?
The objects that make up Sumerian houses. A combination of wet dirt.
What are Mudbricks?
The most common profession for a Sumerian.
What is a farmer?
Flooding leaves behind this which makes soil more fertile for farming.
What is silt?
Gilgamesh seeks this after his friend Enkidu dies.
Immortality
An urban area that functions as its own political entity.
What is a city-state?
One of the seven wonders of the world.
The general year cities form in Mesopotamia.
What is 3000 BCE?
The name of BOTH rivers of Mesopotamia.
What is the Tigris and Euphrates?
The sun god & god of justice.
Who is Shamash?
The name of the group of government officials who support the king with taxes and public works projects.
What is Bureaucracy?
The name of the box which told a story of captives being caught and brought to the king.
What is the Royal Standard of Ur?
The city with a 6 mile long wall and defense towers 30-35 feet high.
What is Uruk?
The three most prominent early cities of Mesopotamia.
What are Ur, Uruk, and Eridu