Rulers
I was a Babylonian King
Who is HAMMURABI?
The belief in many gods
What is polytheism?
I was the world's first civilization in the Mesopotamian region.
What is Sumer?
The two rivers that run through Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and the Euphrates?
A temple tower in Mesopotamia.
What is a ziggurat?
Why is Hammurabi’s Code considered a major contribution to the development of civilization?
What is it recorded existing laws for all to see?
Why did early humans migrate?
What is they migrated to areas in search of natural resources, shelter, and hospitable climate.
I was the civilization led by King Sargon.
What is Akkadian Empire?
This process that was developed by the Sumerians allowed water to be moved from the rivers to their farms fields.
What is irrigation?
A professional writer.
What is a scribe?
I was one of the most legendary historical figures, I was a heroic priest-king from the Sumerian city-state of Uruk
Who was Gilgamesh?
Name 3 results of the Neolithic Revolution.
What is a development of stable food supply, establishment of permanent settlements, and development of writing systems and religion?
A brutal civilization that was very war like and would often conquer the civilizations around them.
What is Assyria?
I am the body of water to the west of Mesopotamia.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
Name the 3 types of irrigation systems.
What is canal, levee, and dam?
I was the king of the Chaldeans who ordered the construction of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.
Who was Nebuchadnezzar?
What was the stories about the gods called?
What are myths?
This was a major event that allowed civilizations to arise in 8000 BCE.
What is the agriculture?
Mesopotamia is often referred to as the ________ because of the shape of the area and its rich soil.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
A city that is also a separate independent state with its own god or goddess and government.
What is a city-state?
I created the world’s first empire
Who was Sargon I?
Name four kinds of god the people of Mesopotamia worship.
Who is sky,sun, moon, fresh water, wind, earth, salt water, etc.
The group who created a new alphabet and traded purple cloth.
What are the Phoenicians?
This civilization was a crossroads of trade because of its central location.
What is Babylon?
What was the historical importance of the Epic of Gilgamesh?
What is one of the earliest pieces of literature ever written?