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Sumer
Assyria and Babylon
Famous people and places
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Definitions
100
Sargon was originally from this city-state.
1) Kish
2) Babylon
3) New York
4) Egypt
1) Kish
100
The emperor that wrote down his laws.
Hammurabi
100
This was the first Sumerian city-state you learned about.
What is Nippur?
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 take over by political power or force.
What is usurp?
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.
What is Iraq
200
Sargon claimed his mother was one of these.
What is a changeling?
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)
What is the Torah
300
Sumerians were especially good at this
What is Farming
300
this place was the capital of Babyonia
What is Babylon
300
Hummarabi's stele is now kept in the Louvre museum in this city.
What is Paris?
300
A self governing city that also governs nearby villages.
What is a city-state
300
It is a group of villages that come together to be ruled by one ruler.
What is a city state?
400
This was an official writer for the Sumerian Empire
What is a scribe
400
According to Code of Hammurabi if your wife cheats on you, she will receive this punishment
What is drowning?
400
In ancient Sumer, these people held the highest positions, below the king.
Who were priests?
400
It is a system of irrigation that keeps water from flooding towns and farmland.
What are levees?
400
This is used to control the flow of water from a river to a canal, but can be opened and closed.
What is a gated ditch?
500
These two rivers cut through Sumer
What are the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
500
Sargon of _______________
What is Akkad?
500
This ruler of Ur was briefly mentioned in the Power Point.
Who is Ur-nammu?
500
This was a list of laws that Babylonians had to follow
What is the code of Hammurabi
500
A temple made of mud-brick which was an important religious place.
What is a ziggurat