Social Classes
These people were at the bottom of both social pyramids.
What are slaves?
There were this many laws in Hammurabi's code.
What is 282?
These holy people were the only ones allowed inside the ziggurats.
What are priests?
This is the nickname for Mesopotamia.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
The title given to the leader of Egypt.
What is pharoah?
These men were responsible for doing all the writing.
Who are scribes?
This was the punishment for having an affair.
What is drowning?
Many people believed that ziggurats were similar to these places of worship.
What are temples?
This was the main reason people settled near rivers.
What is for drinking, food?
This pharoah named a capital city after himself.
Who is Ramses?
These religious leaders advised the kings and pharoahs
Who are priests?
Hammurabi ruled this country.
What is Mesopotamia?
This material helped make the ziggurats waterproof.
What is bitumen?
The land where Mesopotamia was located is now known by this name.
What is Iraq?
This river was essential to the survival of ancient Egyptians.
What is the Nile?
This group of workers bought, sold and traded items.
Who are merchants?
This is the punishment for a son striking his father.
What is cutting off his hand?
Leonard Wooley, a researcher at the ziggurat site, had this job title.
What is archaeologist?
These two rivers surrounded Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
Ancient Egyptians worshipped many gods. So this is the term used.
What is polytheistic?
These people made goods like jewelry, clothes, dishes.
Who are craftsmen?
Hammurabi claimed that these higher powers gave him the laws.
What are the gods?
In addition to religion, the ziggurat may have been the center for this.
What is government?
Farmers in Mesopotamia used this to get water from their rivers to their farmland.
What is irrigation?
These animals were important to ancient Egyptians; they helped keep rodents under control.
What are cats?