It's a numbers game
Where's Hammurabi
The great authors of the first civilizations
Mesopotamian Infrastructure
Who am I?
100

The year Antiquity started.

-3500 OR 3500 BCE

100

This region of the world was considered the cradle of many early civilizations. 

The Fertile Crescent 

100

The name of the of the writing system developed around 3300 BCE in Mesopotamia.

Cuneiforme

100

Ziggurats are an example of this type of buidling.

Temple

100

I am the system of pratices and beliefs held by a society or group.

Religion

200

These people occuped a high rank in the socal hierarchy because so few people master writing.

Scribes

200

The names of the Mesopotamian rivers and the name of the chinese civilization river.

Tigris, Euphrates and Yellow river (OR Huang-He)

200

The name of the instument used to write and the medium it was used on.

A stylus and clay tablet 

200

The place where the king resides.

The palace

200

I am the particular authority or influence attributed to individuals.

Power

300

The year Hammurabi engraved his code of laws in a stele.

-1750 OU 1750 BCE

300

Name five city-states of Mesopotamia.

Any five from the list :

Babylone, Kish, Akkad, Lagash, Ur and Uruk

300

The name of the writing system in Egypt.

Hieroglyph

300

This technique allowed for water to be brought to the fields via canals.

Irrigation

300

I am the act of transmitting information to one or more persons.

Communication

400

This event marked the end of Antiquity.

The fall of the Western Roman Empire

400

Hammurabi was the king of this city-state.

Babylon

400

These texts allowed for religion to spread in Mesopotamia.

Mythological texts such as legends and epics

400

These constructions were built to protect the city-states. It also shows that the city-states were independent. 

Fortefied walls

400

I am structured society with many people, cities, a writing system, laws, a political system and shared beliefs.

Civilization

500

Hammurabi's Code of laws contained this many articles.

282 articles

500

Name the first four civilizations, from west to east.

Nile valley civ - Mesopotamia - Indus valley civ - Chinese civilisation

500

The Chinese civilization of Antiquity wrote on this instead of clay.

Bones or turtle shells

500

The name of the monument made of stone to remind inhabitants of the code of laws.


Stele.

500

I am the system that ensures the application of written laws.

Justice