Chapter 2 Mesopotamia

Greek for "land between rivers"

• civilization

• Mesopotamia

• Gilgamesh

• ziggurat

a city that governs itself and its surrounding territory.

• civilization

• Mesopotamia

• city-state

• Gilgamesh

a form of writing developed by the people of Sumer

• astronomers

• cuneiform

• irrigation

• ziggurat

a method that brings water to crops

• irrigiation

• ziggurat

• astronomers

• civilization

A pyramid shaped structure with a temple at the top.

• civlization

• ziggurat

• Mesopotamia

• city-state

The calendar developed by the ______was based on the cycles of the moon.

• Civilizations

• the Persians

• the Assyrians

• Sumerians

Which part of Babylon was known as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?

• Hanging Gardens

• king's palace

• wall around the city

• irrigation system

Who wrote a legal code that covered most areas of daily life?

• Gilgamesh

• Hammurabi

• Nebuchadnezzar

• Nineveh

The world's first major empire

• Sumerian

• Akkadian

• Babylonian

• Assyrian

Earliest piece of written literature that still survives today

• Romeo and Juliet

• Lord of the Rings

• The Epic of Gilgamesh

• The Tale of King Tut