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The Gods
Geography
Daily Life
Achievements
Law
100
This water god was wise and helped a hero slay an evil beast
Who is Ea
100
This ancient area contained Sumer and Babylon
What is Mesopotamia?
100
How many classes were there in Sumer?
What is four
100
The Sumerians invented this form of writiing
What is cuneiform?
100
Who wrote the first code of law
Who is Hammurabi?
200
This god killed a dragon to become chief of the gods
Who is Marduk?
200
What are the names of the two rivers of Mesopotamia
What are the Tigris and Euphrates
200
These people did not get paid and did work for the King and priests
Who are slaves
200
Cuneiform was written on this
What is a clay tablet
200
Hammarabi's laws were considered this.
What is Harsh
300
This Goddess was evil and gave birth to monsters
Who is Tiamat?
300
Why did people settle down in Mesopotamia
What are natural barriers and water
300
This place was where Sumerians worshiped their gods
What is a ziggaraut?
300
This is how writing started
What are pictures
300
This was the punishment for most crimes in Babylon
What is death
400
Marduk chopped Tiamat in two to create this
What is heaven and earth
400
This object is a natural thing that makes it difficult for people to cross
What are natural barriers
400
Sumerians lived in square houses. They would hang out in this area in the middle.
What is a courtyard
400
Sumerians built these to be closer to their gods
What is a ziggaraut
400
The penalty for poking out someone's eye was this
What is losing an eye?
500
Marduk put this in the sky to guard Tiamat
What is the moon
500
This achievement let people bring water to their farms
What is irrigation
500
A way to trade with people far away
What is sailing on the river
500
Babylonians came up with this to make life safer and fair
What is Hammurabi's code
500
The penalty for taking something from a house on fire was this
What is being thrown into the fire?