Who am I?
Ancient Inventions
Rules + Rulers
Geography + Climate
Empire Builders
100

I am the people who first built city-states in Mesopotamia


Sumerians

100

I am a wheeled, horse-drawn cart used in battle.


Chariot

100

I am the number of written laws in Hammurabi’s famous code.


282

100

The Fertile Crescent lies between the Mediterranean Sea and this body of water.


The Persian Gulf

100

We originally used cuneiform to keep track of these


Business records 

200

I am the author remembered as the oldest known writer in history


Enheduanna

200

I am a farming tool invented by the Sumerians.


Plow

200

I am the role given to a local ruler who governed a Persian province.


Satrap

200

The Fertile Crescent lies between the Persian Gulf and this sea. 


Mediterranean Sea 

200

We made purple dye from these sea creatures, helping create costly clothing associated with royalty.


Sea Snails

300

I am the ruler who founded the largest empire during ancient times in the Fertile Crescent.


Cyrus the Great

300

I am a Sumerian invention used to travel by water.


Sailboat

300

I am the number of provinces into which Darius I divided the Persian Empire.


20 

300

The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers bordered this region


Mesopotamia

300

These people invented iron weapons and the chariot.


The Assyrians

400

I am the first leader to rule an empire


Sargon

400

I am the Sumerian calendar system that measured months by the phases of the moon.


The Lunar Calendar

400

I am the Persian project completed by Darius that improved travel and communication across the empire.


The Royal Road

400

People successfully farmed in this region's dry climate by using canals and this method. 


Irrigation

400

I am the Persian ruler who allowed conquered people to keep their religions and customs.


Cyrus the Great 

500

I am the people who created one of the first versions of the alphabet.


Phoenecians

500

The Assyrians invented iron weapons, the chariot, the Lamassu statues, and this famous library.


The Library of Ashurbanipal

500

SWITCHUP: The Sumerians used this math system in which 60 seconds equal 1 minute and 60 minutes equal 1 hour. 


Base-60 System

500

Irrigation helped produce a ________ of food

Surplus

500

I am the Persian ruler associated with standardized currency, the Royal Road, and provincial government.


Darius I