Chapter 4 Mesopotamia

Sumerian king who was the hero of an epic

• Sargon

• Hammurabi

• Gilgamesh

• Nebuchadnezzar

Site of one of the world's first libraries

• Babylon

• Ninevah

• Uruk

First large army to use iron weapons

• Sumerians

• Assyrians

• Chaldeans

People who study the heavenly bodies

• astronomers

• scribes

• artisans

A pyramid-shaped temple

• cuneiform

• ziggurat

• tower

Which group rebelled against the Assyrians?

• Babylonians

• Sumerians

• Chaldeans

• Hittites

The first Sumerian kings were probably ________________.

• artisans

• farmers

• scribes

• war heroes

Who wrote the world's first legal code?

• Gilgamesh

• Hammurabi

• Nebuchadnezzar

• Ninevah

Sumerian artisans, merchants, farmers, and fishers made up this group.

• business class

• upper class

• lower class

• middle class

During the spring in Mesopotamia,

• high humidity kept people indoors.

• melting snow led to flooding.

• snow sometimes fell.

• water was scarce.