Geography
Mesopotamia is found in this region of the world.
What is Southwest Asia?
The Sumerians invented this, wedge shaped writing system by pressing reeds into clay tablets.
What is Cuneiform?
This famous Mesopotamian king was responsible for creating the first written laws.
Who was King Hammurabi?
This word describes how humans tamed wild animals for personal use.
Mesopotamia was _______, believing in many gods.
What is Polytheistic?
The earliest civilizations were found in this area, nicknamed the "Cradle of Civilization".
What is the Fertile Crescent?
The ancient Mesopotamians invented this item to help with pottery but later found more uses.
What is the Wheel?
This group of people that controlled Mesopotamia were constantly at war trying to expand their control.
Who were the Babylonians?
This word means the process of supplying water to crops through the use of channels.
What is Irrigation.
This series of laws was written around 4,000 years ago and had many unfair laws with harsh punishments.
What is The Code of Hammurabi?
Mesopotamia was surrounded by these two rivers that supplied the area with fertile soil.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
Mesopotamians created this item to attach to bulls which made preparing fields faster and easier.
What is a Plow?
This group of people were the first to control the area of Mesopotamia and focused on agriculture and trade.
Who were the Sumerians?
Mesopotamian leaders built many large, flat-topped pyramids that were called __________.
What is a Ziggurat?
What is Hunter-Gatherer
The first area in control of Mesopotamia was from _____, one of the most southern regions with large cities like Ur and Uruk.
What is Sumer?
Mesopotamians developed the sexagesimal numerical system, which helped with their new inventions of math and ______.
What is Time?
This Mesopotamian king is known for his elaborate architecture like the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, as well as giving equal rights to women.
Who was King Nebuchadnezzar?
The earliest known piece of literature was written in this style: a long poem written about the trials of a hero.
What is an Epic?
The Tigris and Euphrates rivers carried _______, which allowed ancient humans to start farming in the area.
What is Silt or Fertile Soil?
This river was on the southern side of Mesopotamia.
What is the Euphrates River?
This was created by the Mesopotamians to help with travel.
What is Cartography?
This group of people controlled Mesopotamia after the Sumerians and focused on art and inventions.
Who were the Akkadians?
The name Mesopotamia comes from the Greek words meso and potamos, meaning this in English.
What is between rivers?
Humans learned to harness this for art and tools during the reign of the Akkadians and Babylonians.
What is Metal?