Mesopotamia Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
Wedge-shaped Sumerian writing system | cuneiform |
Leading city-state of Sumer | Ur |
Cheif city of Hammurabi's empire | Babylon |
Legendary hero of Sumerian culture. | Gilgamesh |
Person who is skilled in a craft | Artisan |
A Sumerian city and its surrounding land | city-state |
Organized system of laws | code |
Person who is skilled in writing | scribe |
One of the rivers bounding Mesopotamia | Euphrates |
Sumerian temple with many levels | ziggurat |
The land called Mesopotamia in ancient times is today part of | Iraq |
The Sumerians settled in Mesopotamia in about | 3,500 B.C. |
The Sumerians took an important step in changing their physical environment by | controlling the floods on the rivers. |
At the center of each Sumerian city-state was | a temple which was the home of the city's cheif god. |
In Sumerian society, the middle class included | artisans and shopkeepers. |
What eventually happened to the city-states of Sumer? | Sargon I, a king from northern Mesopotamia , conquered them. |
As a ruler, Hammurabi is best remembered for | creating a written code of laws. |
When Sargon I united the conquered city-states, he created the world's first | empire |
The oldest written record known come from the culture of | Sumer |
The wheel, plow, and sailboats are examples of | inventions of ancient Mesopotamia. |
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