Neolithic
Primary Sources
Secondary Sources
trade
Sargon
archaeologists
Hammurabi
historians
atlas
Neolithic
"Fertile Crescent" or "Cradle of Civilization"
Tigris and Euphrates
Chaldeans
Cuneiform
Assyrians
360 degrees
Neolithic
Paleolithic
irrigation
hot and dry
Paleolithic
Iraq
Gilgamesh
plow
wheel
sumerians invented this idea used to measure a circle
Led by Nebuckadnezzar, rebuilt the city of Babylon and made it the world's richest and largest city.
Two rivers in Mesopotamia that contributed to the fertile nature of the soil
The climate of Mesopotamia
The hero in an ancient Sumerian epic
Biographies Encyclopedias History Books
Leader of the Akkadians who established the first empire
Women cared for children and did household tasks, men herded, farmed, and protected the village
fierce warriors who controlled Mesopotamia 1000 years after Hammurabi
diaries letters journals photos
Developed history's first Code of Law "An eye for an eye"
Present day country where Mesopotamia once was
one of the most important sumerian inventions, this is still used today to transport people and goods
buy and sell goods and spread ideas around the world
People who study about the human past.
Advancements were making fire, creating a language, makimg simple tools and shelters
Made mud-brick houses and places of worthip; specialized in jobs; used copper and bronze to make tools
hunted animals, gathered, nuts, berries, amd grains
Nickname for Mesopotamia
developed to divert water from the rivers into the dry desert land to water crops
Sumeran writing
A good of maps.
used to dig for planting, this invention is still important today
Art consisted of pottery, objects carved from wood, shelters, tombs.
Studies artifacts and fossils to help them understand the past.
Description | Match: |
Nickname for Mesopotamia | "Fertile Crescent" or "Cradle of Civilization" |
Two rivers in Mesopotamia that contributed to the fertile nature of the soil | Tigris and Euphrates |
The climate of Mesopotamia | hot and dry |
Present day country where Mesopotamia once was | Iraq |
developed to divert water from the rivers into the dry desert land to water crops | irrigation |
The hero in an ancient Sumerian epic | Gilgamesh |
fierce warriors who controlled Mesopotamia 1000 years after Hammurabi | Assyrians |
Leader of the Akkadians who established the first empire | Sargon |
Developed history's first Code of Law "An eye for an eye" | Hammurabi |
Led by Nebuckadnezzar, rebuilt the city of Babylon and made it the world's richest and largest city. | Chaldeans |
sumerians invented this idea used to measure a circle | 360 degrees |
used to dig for planting, this invention is still important today | plow |
one of the most important sumerian inventions, this is still used today to transport people and goods | wheel |
Sumeran writing | Cuneiform |
buy and sell goods and spread ideas around the world | trade |
Art consisted of pottery, objects carved from wood, shelters, tombs. | Neolithic |
hunted animals, gathered, nuts, berries, amd grains | Paleolithic |
Advancements were making fire, creating a language, makimg simple tools and shelters | Paleolithic |
Women cared for children and did household tasks, men herded, farmed, and protected the village | Neolithic |
Made mud-brick houses and places of worthip; specialized in jobs; used copper and bronze to make tools | Neolithic |
diaries letters journals photos | Primary Sources |
People who study about the human past. | historians |
Studies artifacts and fossils to help them understand the past. | archaeologists |
A good of maps. | atlas |
Biographies Encyclopedias History Books | Secondary Sources |