What word means a group of travelers traveling together for safety?
bazaar
scribes
caravan
ziggurat
Which word means able to grow crops in rich soil?
Fertile
What Greek word means land between the rivers?
Mesopotamia
Which word means to supply land with water?
Irrigate
Who was the army leader that created Mesopotamia's first empire?
Akkadia
Akhenaten
Sargon
Hammurabi
A long narrative poem or story, which tells the story of a heroic character who shows the values or beliefs of the society
Epic
What was the system of writing first developed by the ancient Sumerians?
Cuneiform
True or False. Mesopotamians wrote on clay tablets using hieroglyphics
False
Who were the first group of people that settled down and began a civilization between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
Sumerians
Akkadians
Harappans
Egyptians
A small, independent region (area) that does not answer to a larger government
city-state
What are the 2 rivers that flow through Mesopotamia?
Tigris and Euphrates
What was the name of the writing implement that Mesopotamians used?
Stylus
Name of the people who were trained to read and write?
Scribes
The Mesopotamians developed the first concept of time. They divided time into how many parts?
100
60
30
10
an amount beyond what is required, excess; more than what is needed or expected
Surplus
What is the name of the Mesopotamian temple in the center of the city?
Ziggurat
Who was famous for the motto (saying) "an eye for an eye"
Hammurabi