mesopotamia Crossword Puzzles

Mesopotamia Vocabulary 2022-10-07

Mesopotamia Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. to be made up of
  2. fine particles of fertile soil
  3. a long poem that records the deeds of a legendary or real hero
  4. a pyramid-shaped structure with a temple at the top
  5. a territory governed as a political district of a country or empire
  6. a person who studies planets and stars
  7. a large territory or group of many territories governed by one ruler
  8. a person who copies or writes out documents; often a record keeper
  9. a belief in more than one god
  10. relating to soldiers, arms, or war
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  1. a city that governs itself and its surrounding territory
  2. a set of official laws
  3. an amount that is left over after a need has been met
  4. a system of writing developed by the Sumerians that used wedge-shaped marks made in soft clay
  5. a system that supplies dry land with water through ditches, pipes, or streams
  6. moving or lying in the same direction and the same distance apart
  7. a group of merchants traveling together for safety, usually with a large number of camels
  8. a payment made to a ruler or state as a sign of surrender
  9. having many parts, details, or ideas
  10. a geographic area

20 Clues: to be made up of • a geographic area • a set of official laws • a belief in more than one god • fine particles of fertile soil • relating to soldiers, arms, or war • having many parts, details, or ideas • a person who studies planets and stars • a pyramid-shaped structure with a temple at the top • an amount that is left over after a need has been met • ...

Mesopotamia Puzzle 2023-10-18

Mesopotamia Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. channels Construction that diverts water onto farmland that should make the ground fertile and water crops.
  2. A government ruled by a king or queen and their family.
  3. A person whose job is to read and write cuneiform
  4. when each person has a specific job to do
  5. Extreme lack or shortage of food, usually leads to mass starvation.
  6. temples built by Sumerians to honor the gods and goddesses they worshipped
  7. A society with cities, a central government, job specialization, and social classes; Society is based on people with the same culture and territory.
  8. workers learn how to perform specific tasks very well rather than focusing on doing many different tasks
  9. Able to produce good crops, rich in nutrients
  10. Ruler of Babylon best known for his 282 code of laws, inscribed on a black stone pillar. One of the first (but not THE first) examples of written law in the ancient world.
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  1. belief and worship of many/ multiple Gods
  2. when something is important or has special meaning.
  3. something new or different introduced; improvement on existing technology
  4. A group of people who keep law and order, and make laws.
  5. extremely dry
  6. Practice of farming, including growing of crops, feeding, breeding and raising animals to provide food, wool, and other products.
  7. capture or taking something by force
  8. A city that rules itself and surrounding territory. Making its own laws and government.
  9. An amount greater than needed, EXTRA
  10. A large arc of rich, or fertile, farmland
  11. A form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge shaped stylus and clay tablets.
  12. drama of government

22 Clues: extremely dry • drama of government • capture or taking something by force • An amount greater than needed, EXTRA • belief and worship of many/ multiple Gods • when each person has a specific job to do • A large arc of rich, or fertile, farmland • Able to produce good crops, rich in nutrients • A person whose job is to read and write cuneiform • ...

Thursday Mesopotamia 2025-12-10

Thursday Mesopotamia crossword puzzle
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  1. first writing system with wedge marks.
  2. person with no rights, owned by others.
  3. rich landowners.
  4. organized military.
  5. rules to keep order.
  6. skilled worker who makes things.
  7. person who grows food.
  8. structures that carry water.
  9. picture representing a thing.
  10. land between two rivers.
  11. people who apply laws and collect taxes.
  12. extra food
  13. connected system (canals)
  14. trained writer
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  1. human-made water channels.
  2. Egyptian picture writing.
  3. bringing water to fields.
  4. production amount of food grown.
  5. rivers that made farming possible.
  6. person who catches fish.
  7. Babylonian king who made laws.
  8. religious leader.
  9. clay ball used to record goods.
  10. rivers overflowing with water.
  11. government ruled by a king.
  12. symbol representing an idea.
  13. person who takes care of animals.

27 Clues: extra food • trained writer • rich landowners. • religious leader. • organized military. • rules to keep order. • person who grows food. • person who catches fish. • land between two rivers. • Egyptian picture writing. • bringing water to fields. • connected system (canals) • human-made water channels. • government ruled by a king. • structures that carry water. • symbol representing an idea. • ...

Mesopotamia 2022-10-06

Mesopotamia crossword puzzle
Across
  1. used for religious purposes (temple)
  2. Known as the land between 2 rivers?
  3. the land was good for farming
  4. the people in Assyria were called?
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  1. one of the rivers surrounding Mesopotamia?
  2. kept people from rebelling
  3. the people who lived in sumer were called?
  4. What country is Mesopotamia located?
  5. one of the rivers surrounding Mesopotamia?
  6. first writing system?

10 Clues: first writing system? • kept people from rebelling • the land was good for farming • the people in Assyria were called? • Known as the land between 2 rivers? • used for religious purposes (temple) • What country is Mesopotamia located? • one of the rivers surrounding Mesopotamia? • the people who lived in sumer were called? • one of the rivers surrounding Mesopotamia?

Ancient Mesopotamia 2021-02-04

Ancient Mesopotamia crossword puzzle
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  1. The place of worship of gods and goddesses in Mesopotamian cities.
  2. To remove dirt carefully from an area in order to find buried remains and artifacts.
  3. A Babylonian king famous for creating a set of strict laws.
  4. works The creation of commonly used things in a city like roads, bridges, tall walls, etc.
  5. The creation of buildings in a city.
  6. The name of the first empire.
  7. An object produced or shaped by human craft, especially a tool, weapon, etc. of archaeological or historical interest.
  8. specialization People had specific jobs in cities.
  9. This involves worship of a god or gods, and the belief in certain ideas about right and wrong behavior.
  10. Growing food (i.e. vegetables, grains, etc.) in order to have a surplus of food.
  11. A famous city that would later grow its own empire. Established by King Sargon.
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  1. The rulers and officials responsible for creating laws and managing society.
  2. The study of human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts and other physical remains.
  3. classes This feature of civilization helped to organize people in society and determined how much power you had.
  4. Many Mesopotamian religions were __________.
  5. A word that tells us something is from the distant past and does not exist anymore.
  6. The places that people lived in ancient civilizations.
  7. The creation of paintings, jewelry, sculptures, etc.
  8. This feature of civilization helped people to record stories, history, ideas, etc.
  9. The process of getting water from the rivers to the farms in a city.

20 Clues: The name of the first empire. • The creation of buildings in a city. • Many Mesopotamian religions were __________. • specialization People had specific jobs in cities. • The creation of paintings, jewelry, sculptures, etc. • The places that people lived in ancient civilizations. • A Babylonian king famous for creating a set of strict laws. • ...

Mesopotamia Review 2020-11-13

Mesopotamia Review crossword puzzle
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  1. world's first writing system that use clay tablets and a reed stylus
  2. the practice of designing and constructing buildings
  3. territories and groups of people under a single rule
  4. pyramid-shaped temple tower
  5. more than what is needed, surplus
  6. a group of soldiers who ride horses
  7. an arrangement in which workers specialize in a particular task
  8. division of society by rank or class
  9. an area referring to a town or city
  10. a mixture of rocks and soil
  11. a writer
  12. worship of many gods
  13. a set of letters than can be combined to form words, the Phoenicians created the first one!
  14. long poems that tell stories of heroes, such as Gilgamesh
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  1. Persian leader who conquered a large amount of territory to form the world's largest empire at that time
  2. the method of supplying water to an area of land or crops
  3. waterways made by humans
  4. a political unit with a city and the surrounding area
  5. a large region of farmland near the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers and between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean Sea
  6. King of Uruk and the main character and hero from the Epic of Gilgamesh
  7. an area of countryside, rather than a town or city
  8. the society, culture, and way of life in a particular region
  9. wheeled, horse-drawn cart used in battle
  10. a Babylonian King responsible for the Code of Hammurabi, a famous law code
  11. Akkadian leader who established the world's first empire

25 Clues: a writer • worship of many gods • waterways made by humans • pyramid-shaped temple tower • a mixture of rocks and soil • more than what is needed, surplus • a group of soldiers who ride horses • an area referring to a town or city • division of society by rank or class • wheeled, horse-drawn cart used in battle • an area of countryside, rather than a town or city • ...

Mesopotamia Crossword 2021-04-29

Mesopotamia Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Indiana Jones probably will go to one he hasn’t been to one already.
  2. Democracy.
  3. Girl Currency.
  4. oplimsythe.
  5. wow! Gnarly bruh!
  6. Sea it's in your veins and myths say its blue.
  7. Arch all the gists.
  8. SUCCESS!
  9. taming of animals.
  10. probably was there in the declaration of independence.
  11. MrSkinnyLegs
  12. plumbing.
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  1. mihtoesnom.
  2. Ostrich Pillow
  3. modern but not modern.
  4. See vill saw shawn.
  5. World Changing
  6. Gibberish.
  7. Mess a pot, am I a.
  8. Zues.
  9. Expanding.
  10. smackeroonies.
  11. Pencil
  12. Spear it well.
  13. Modern but still modern

25 Clues: Zues. • Pencil • SUCCESS! • plumbing. • Democracy. • Gibberish. • Expanding. • mihtoesnom. • oplimsythe. • MrSkinnyLegs • Ostrich Pillow • Girl Currency. • World Changing • smackeroonies. • Spear it well. • wow! Gnarly bruh! • taming of animals. • See vill saw shawn. • Mess a pot, am I a. • Arch all the gists. • modern but not modern. • Modern but still modern • ...

Ancient Mesopotamia 2020-09-14

Ancient Mesopotamia crossword puzzle
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  1. a region in Southwest Asia; site of the first civilization
  2. a religious teacher who is regarded as someone who speaks for God or for a god
  3. the capital of Babylonia; a city of great wealth and luxury
  4. a professional writer
  5. A group led by Abraham, first known as Hebrews, they were monotheistic
  6. an ancient region in present day Lebanon, known in ancient times for purple dye
  7. the scattering of people who have a common background or beliefs
  8. a time when there is so little food that many people starve
  9. the belief in one god
  10. many territories and peoples controlled by one government
  11. a market selling different kinds of goods
  12. a city that is also a separate, independent state
  13. a region occupied by the ancient Israelites, located between the Syrian Desert and the Mediterranean Sea
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  1. a religion that developed in ancient Persia
  2. an Israelite leader whom the Torah credits with leading the Israelites from Egypt to Canaan
  3. the belief in many gods
  4. an ancient region between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in Southwest Asia
  5. an organized list of laws and rules
  6. to force someone to live in another country
  7. a group of travelers journeying together
  8. a set of symbols that represent the sounds of a language
  9. the king of Babylon from about 1792 to 1750 B.C.; creator of the Babylonian Empire
  10. a binding agreement
  11. groups of wedges and lines used to write several languages of the Fertile Crescent
  12. a historical kingdom in northern Mesopotamia around present day Turkey and Iraq
  13. a traditional story; in some cultures, a legend that explains people's beliefs

26 Clues: a binding agreement • a professional writer • the belief in one god • the belief in many gods • an organized list of laws and rules • a group of travelers journeying together • a market selling different kinds of goods • a religion that developed in ancient Persia • to force someone to live in another country • a city that is also a separate, independent state • ...

Mesopotamia Vocab 2021-09-21

Mesopotamia Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. A sovereign ruler, usually a king or queen.
  2. The belief that there is only one god.
  3. A pictorial symbol for a word or phrase.
  4. Clay tablets used for writing
  5. An area of the countryside rather than a town or city.
  6. A hard point, typically a diamond or sapphire.
  7. A city with its surrounding territory forms an independent state
  8. A poem from the Mesopotamia region.
  9. The supply of water to land or crops to help growth.
  10. The belief in more than one god.
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  1. Crescent An agricultural region extending from the Levant to Iraq.
  2. A characteristic of a town or city.
  3. A stratified ranking of group members.
  4. A person who copies out documents.
  5. An ancient region in Western Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
  6. Ancient writing on old clay tablets.
  7. A rectangular stepped tower, sometimes surmounted by a temple .
  8. A group of states or countries under a single supreme authority.
  9. A civilization where a woman makes the decisions.
  10. A civilization where a man makes the decisions.

20 Clues: Clay tablets used for writing • The belief in more than one god. • A person who copies out documents. • A characteristic of a town or city. • A poem from the Mesopotamia region. • Ancient writing on old clay tablets. • The belief that there is only one god. • A stratified ranking of group members. • A pictorial symbol for a word or phrase. • ...

Mesopotamia Crossword 2021-09-07

Mesopotamia Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Crescent Large arch of fertile farmland
  2. ruler of a kingdom
  3. area between the tigris river and Euphrates River
  4. the first system of writing
  5. countryside
  6. a school that taught writing
  7. a system were a man is in charge
  8. writer
  9. of Gilgamesh story of a great sumarean king
  10. hierarchy a division in a society made with rank or class
  11. city
  12. the worship of one god
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  1. a city and the surrounding countryside
  2. picture symbols
  3. a tower made of rectangles that help a temple
  4. land with multiple territories under one rule
  5. a system where a woman is in charge
  6. way to supply water to an area of land
  7. the worship of many gods
  8. a tool used to inscribe symbols into a clay tablet

20 Clues: city • writer • countryside • picture symbols • ruler of a kingdom • the worship of one god • the worship of many gods • the first system of writing • a school that taught writing • a system were a man is in charge • a system where a woman is in charge • a city and the surrounding countryside • way to supply water to an area of land • Crescent Large arch of fertile farmland • ...

Ancient Mesopotamia 2017-10-23

Ancient Mesopotamia crossword puzzle
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  1. Crescent Also called the cradle of civilization, an area of modern day Iraq, Syria and Turkey where human civilization developed.
  2. of Gilgamesh Believed to the world’s oldest story that dates back to at least 2100 BCE. The story is known to have influence many Bible stories.
  3. A society or family that is based around the males.
  4. The “land between the rivers” a general names for the area and the people where civilization first developed.
  5. Thought to be the first civilization in human history, dating back to 3500 BCE, this southern Mesopotamian group developed many things later groups advanced.
  6. and Euphrates Rivers
  7. The most well known Mesopotamian group rose to power around 1800 BCE and dominated region until the Persians took over in 529 BCE.
  8. A Mesopotamian religious temple. Ziggurats are tiered buildings and where often the biggest and most important building within a city-state.
  9. parallel rivers in Iraq and Syria where civilization first developed around. The rivers flooded annually providing rich farmland for humans to use.
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  1. A man-made earthen wall designed to keep a river within its bank or to separate different farm fields.
  2. A small independant city that operates like a tiny country. Controls city and lands surrounding with own government.
  3. Empire A Powerful group of central Mesopotamia from about 2350 BCE to 2050 BCE highlighted by the rise of Sargon the Great.
  4. The belief in multiple gods or goddesses in religion.
  5. One of the earliest forms of writing developed by mankind.
  6. Code The world's oldest complete Code of Law. Created around 1800 BCE in Babylon, the laws listed crime and punishments.
  7. A powerful group of northern Mesopotamians from about 2300 BCE to 1800 BCE.
  8. A person who has the ability to write in ancient times. Often used to keep records for the government.
  9. A business person who trades things made by other people (artisans) in order to make a profit.
  10. A method in which water is supplied to plants at regular intervals for agriculture.
  11. Metal tool that is used to carve open the ground planting - likely dates back to about 3200 BCE. Revolutionary invention in the development of farming.
  12. A worker in a skilled trade that involves making things by hand. This was a specialization of labor where people focused on makings things to support society.

21 Clues: and Euphrates Rivers • A society or family that is based around the males. • The belief in multiple gods or goddesses in religion. • One of the earliest forms of writing developed by mankind. • A powerful group of northern Mesopotamians from about 2300 BCE to 1800 BCE. • A method in which water is supplied to plants at regular intervals for agriculture. • ...

Ancient Mesopotamia 2017-10-24

Ancient Mesopotamia crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Metal tool that is used to carve open the ground planting - likely dates back to about 3200 BCE. Revolutionary invention in the development of farming.
  2. A worker in a skilled trade that involves making things by hand. This was a specialization of labor where people focused on makings things to support society.
  3. Thought to be the first civilization in human history, dating back to 3500 BCE, this southern Mesopotamian group developed many things later groups advanced.
  4. Code The world's oldest complete Code of Law. Created around 1800 BCE in Babylon, the laws listed crime and punishments.
  5. One of the earliest forms of writing developed by mankind.
  6. A method in which water is supplied to plants at regular intervals for agriculture.
  7. A person who has the ability to write in ancient times. Often used to keep records for the government.
  8. A Powerful group of central Mesopotamia from about 2350 BCE to 2050 BCE highlighted by the rise of Sargon the Great.
  9. Also called the cradle of civilization, an area of modern day Iraq, Syria and Turkey where human civilization developed.
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  1. The belief in multiple gods or goddesses in religion.
  2. The most well known Mesopotamian group rose to power around 1800 BCE and dominated region until the Persians took over in 529 BCE.
  3. A Mesopotamian religious temple. Ziggurats are tiered buildings and where often the biggest and most important building within a city-state.
  4. Believed to the world’s oldest story that dates back to at least 2100 BCE. The story is known to have influence many Bible stories.
  5. A powerful group of northern Mesopotamians from about 2300 BCE to 1800 BCE.
  6. A business person who trades things made by other people (artisans) in order to make a profit.
  7. and Euphrates Rivers Two parallel rivers in Iraq and Syria where civilization first developed around. The rivers flooded annually providing rich farmland for humans to use.
  8. A small independant city that operates like a tiny country. Controls city and lands surrounding with own government.
  9. The “land between the rivers” a general names for the area and the people where civilization first developed.
  10. A society or family that is based around the males.
  11. A man-made earthen wall designed to keep a river within its bank or to separate different farm fields.

20 Clues: A society or family that is based around the males. • The belief in multiple gods or goddesses in religion. • One of the earliest forms of writing developed by mankind. • A powerful group of northern Mesopotamians from about 2300 BCE to 1800 BCE. • A method in which water is supplied to plants at regular intervals for agriculture. • ...

Ancient Mesopotamia 2017-10-24

Ancient Mesopotamia crossword puzzle
Across
  1. One of the earliest forms of writing developed by mankind.
  2. Thought to be the first civilization in human history, dating back to 3500 BCE, this southern Mesopotamian group developed many things later groups advanced.
  3. The “land between the rivers” a general names for the area and the people where civilization first developed.
  4. The belief in multiple gods or goddesses in religion.
  5. The most well known Mesopotamian group rose to power around 1800 BCE and dominated region until the Persians took over in 529 BCE.
  6. A small independant city that operates like a tiny country. Controls city and lands surrounding with own government.
  7. Two parallel rivers in Iraq and Syria where civilization first developed around. The rivers flooded annually providing rich farmland for humans to use.
  8. A Powerful group of central Mesopotamia from about 2350 BCE to 2050 BCE highlighted by the rise of Sargon the Great.
  9. A powerful group of northern Mesopotamians from about 2300 BCE to 1800 BCE.
  10. A Mesopotamian religious temple. Ziggurats are tiered buildings and where often the biggest and most important building within a city-state.
  11. Metal tool that is used to carve open the ground planting - likely dates back to about 3200 BCE. Revolutionary invention in the development of farming.
Down
  1. A business person who trades things made by other people (artisans) in order to make a profit.
  2. A method in which water is supplied to plants at regular intervals for agriculture.
  3. The world's oldest complete Code of Law. Created around 1800 BCE in Babylon, the laws listed crime and punishments.
  4. Believed to the world’s oldest story that dates back to at least 2100 BCE. The story is known to have influence many Bible stories.
  5. Also called the cradle of civilization, an area of modern day Iraq, Syria and Turkey where human civilization developed.
  6. A man-made earthen wall designed to keep a river within its bank or to separate different farm fields.
  7. A society or family that is based around the males.
  8. A worker in a skilled trade that involves making things by hand. This was a specialization of labor where people focused on makings things to support society.
  9. A person who has the ability to write in ancient times. Often used to keep records for the government.

20 Clues: A society or family that is based around the males. • The belief in multiple gods or goddesses in religion. • One of the earliest forms of writing developed by mankind. • A powerful group of northern Mesopotamians from about 2300 BCE to 1800 BCE. • A method in which water is supplied to plants at regular intervals for agriculture. • ...

Mesopotamia Crossword 2012-11-28

Mesopotamia Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. An independent state that works together with other states to achieve a shared military or political goal
  2. A state containing several countries or territories
  3. An idea or way of doing things that is common in a certain culture
  4. A small set of letters that stand for a single sound
  5. Soldiers who fight while riding horses
  6. A wide flat plain; present day Iraq
  7. A large crescent-shaped region in the Middle East
  8. The idea of all members of society have to obey this law
  9. The belief in more than one god
  10. A good or service sold within a country that is produced in another country
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  1. The art of steering a ship from place to place
  2. A set of laws that governed life in the Babylonian empire
  3. The spreading of cultural traits from one religion to another
  4. An area ruled by a distant country
  5. To supply water to their crops
  6. Pyramid-shaped brick towers
  7. A trading system in which people exchange goods directly without using money
  8. An independent state that includes a city and its surrounding territory
  9. A system of writing that uses triangle-shaped symbols
  10. A good or service produced within a country and sold outside its borders

20 Clues: Pyramid-shaped brick towers • To supply water to their crops • The belief in more than one god • An area ruled by a distant country • A wide flat plain; present day Iraq • Soldiers who fight while riding horses • The art of steering a ship from place to place • A large crescent-shaped region in the Middle East • A state containing several countries or territories • ...

Ancient Mesopotamia 2015-09-29

Ancient Mesopotamia crossword puzzle
Across
  1. fair
  2. mixture of copper and tin
  3. many territories and peoples controlled by one government
  4. King who created just/unjust laws for his citizens
  5. created the first alphabet
  6. empire known for their warriors
  7. Mountains closest to the mediterranean sea(use map on page 29)
  8. a region in southwest Asia that was the site of the worlds's first civilizations
  9. inventions that made wagons possible
  10. Mountains closest to the tigris river (use map on page 29)
  11. belief in many gods
  12. phoenicians were known for what skill?
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  1. Professional record keeper
  2. an open market selling and trading different kinds of goods
  3. Mesopotamian river
  4. belief in one god
  5. a time when there is so little food that many people starve
  6. lots of a certain item
  7. city that is also a separate, independent state
  8. Mesopotamian building materials
  9. Mesopotamian river
  10. wedge-shaped writing
  11. reed used for writing

23 Clues: fair • belief in one god • Mesopotamian river • Mesopotamian river • belief in many gods • wedge-shaped writing • reed used for writing • lots of a certain item • mixture of copper and tin • Professional record keeper • created the first alphabet • empire known for their warriors • Mesopotamian building materials • inventions that made wagons possible • ...

Ancient Mesopotamia 2024-01-31

Ancient Mesopotamia crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Neolithic settlement known for its early agriculture and large population.
  2. Ancient empire known for its advanced astronomy and mathematical achievements.
  3. Method of supplying water to crops.
  4. Ancient kingdom ruled by Hammurabi.
  5. King who established the world's first empire.
  6. Period of human history marked by the use of stone tools.
  7. River flowing through ancient Mesopotamia, parallel to the Euphrates.
  8. King of Babylon known for his law code.
  9. Civilization that developed the world's first writing system.
  10. Legal system developed by Hammurabi.
  11. Empire established by Sargon the Great, known for its military conquests.
  12. Person who writes or copies documents by hand.
  13. Legendary king of Uruk, subject of an epic poem.
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  1. Region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, known for its fertile soil.
  2. Simple drawings representing objects.
  3. River that supported ancient Mesopotamian civilizations.
  4. Independent city and its surrounding territory.
  5. Legendary lush garden built by Nebuchadnezzar II.
  6. Ancient temple tower with different sized levels.
  7. Empire known for its military might and cruelty.
  8. Wedge-shaped writing system used in ancient Mesopotamia.
  9. Period of human history characterized by the development of agriculture.
  10. Region often called the "cradle of civilization."

23 Clues: Method of supplying water to crops. • Ancient kingdom ruled by Hammurabi. • Legal system developed by Hammurabi. • Simple drawings representing objects. • King of Babylon known for his law code. • King who established the world's first empire. • Person who writes or copies documents by hand. • Independent city and its surrounding territory. • ...

Ancient Mesopotamia 2023-09-07

Ancient Mesopotamia crossword puzzle
Across
  1. used by empire builders to consolidate their territory and power
  2. a system of writing developed by the Sumerians using a reed stylus to create wedge-shaped impressions on a clay tablet
  3. a large political unit or state, usually under a single leader, that controls many peoples or territories
  4. a massive stepped tower on which was built a temple dedicated to the chief god or goddess of a Sumerian city
  5. made by mixing heated copper and tin
  6. believing in many gods
  7. Epic of ____: Sumerian epic poem about a legendary king
  8. Akkadian ruler
  9. the western river that makes up Mesopotamia
  10. a state with political and economic control over the surrounding countryside
  11. ____ of Hammurabi: codified law that covered nearly every aspect of Babylonian life
  12. Babylonian ruler
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  1. earliest Mesopotamian civilization
  2. ____ and conquer; Hammurabi's chief military tactic
  3. ____ Crescent: the region where the first settled agricultural communities of the Middle East and Mediterranean basin are thought to have emerged
  4. the eastern river that makes up Mesopotamia
  5. Sumerian invention
  6. Empire that followed the Akkadians
  7. government by divine authority
  8. a society dominated by men
  9. First empire in world history

21 Clues: Akkadian ruler • Babylonian ruler • Sumerian invention • believing in many gods • a society dominated by men • First empire in world history • government by divine authority • earliest Mesopotamian civilization • Empire that followed the Akkadians • made by mixing heated copper and tin • the eastern river that makes up Mesopotamia • the western river that makes up Mesopotamia • ...

Mesopotamia/Sumerian 2023-05-02

Mesopotamia/Sumerian crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an ancient instrument
  2. bringing water to fields to grow crops
  3. an ancient object put on carts
  4. a king or queen who rules their land
  5. a powerful city-state, 3500 B.C.
  6. buildings/ structures
  7. when people got different jobs, this was called
  8. the Upper Mesopotamian river
  9. an area ruled with multiple cultural groups
  10. the same thing as farming
  11. the tool used to write their language
  12. the items made out of gems, such as necklaces or rings
Down
  1. the writing used at the time
  2. letters that can make words
  3. the religious leaders who did rituals and offerings
  4. ancient Mesopotamian temple
  5. an ancient war machine driven by horses
  6. the group ruled by Sargon
  7. the belief in MULTIPLE gods
  8. an ancient record keeper
  9. the social order of a society
  10. the ancient area of fertile land, which Mesopotamian people settled in
  11. a figure in an ancient epic
  12. the Lower Mesopotamian river
  13. the leader of a Sumerian city-state

25 Clues: an ancient instrument • buildings/ structures • an ancient record keeper • the group ruled by Sargon • the same thing as farming • letters that can make words • ancient Mesopotamian temple • the belief in MULTIPLE gods • a figure in an ancient epic • the writing used at the time • the Lower Mesopotamian river • the Upper Mesopotamian river • the social order of a society • ...

Mesopotamia Crossword 2023-05-02

Mesopotamia Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what is a set of letters that can be combined to make words
  2. what is a wheeled horse-drawn cart used in battle
  3. the type of arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular task or job.
  4. which river sits on the bottom of the fertile crescent
  5. what are picture symbols
  6. what means countryside
  7. what is a pyramid shaped temple tower
  8. People who performed religious ceremonies
  9. what is a human-made waterway
  10. worship of many gods
  11. what is a mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks.
  12. a ruler of a kingdom or empire
  13. the world's first system of writing
  14. who was the most famous Chaldean king
Down
  1. what was the large arc of rich, fertile, farm land.
  2. the division of society by rank or class
  3. which river sits on top of the fertile crescent
  4. the way of supplying water onto an area of land
  5. more than what they need
  6. During Hammurabi’s reign, what was the most important city in Mesopotamia?
  7. what is the science of building
  8. a land with different territories and people under a single rule
  9. a set of two hundred and eighty two laws that dealt with about every part of daily life
  10. a long poem that tells stories about or of heroes
  11. whats a writer
  12. what means city

26 Clues: whats a writer • what means city • worship of many gods • what means countryside • more than what they need • what are picture symbols • what is a human-made waterway • a ruler of a kingdom or empire • what is the science of building • the world's first system of writing • what is a pyramid shaped temple tower • who was the most famous Chaldean king • ...

Mesopotamia Vocab 2024-09-26

Mesopotamia Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A Mesopotamian writing system.
  2. Group of territories or cultures controlled by one ruler.
  3. A mix of rock and fertile soil deposited by rivers.
  4. A sacred building used for religious purposes.
  5. An excess amount of food that can lead to expanding population.
  6. A Babylonian king who made the code of laws of Sumer and Mesopotamia.
  7. When different cultures exchange ideas and learn new things to take back to their homes.
  8. A person who studies the lives and cultures of ancient people.
  9. A fertile place in the desert that plants and water.
  10. A person who specializes in writing and serves as a record keeper.
  11. A rectangular pyramid with terraces. Used for religious purposes or as a government building.
  12. an arc of fertile land between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean.
  13. Sumerian King of the city-state Uruk.
  14. to move around without a permanent home.
  15. To trade one idem for another.
Down
  1. supplying water to plants to aid farming.
  2. Capable of reproducing.
  3. Set of rules or laws.
  4. A religion that believes in many gods.
  5. A river in Mesopotamia.
  6. An object which has been made or modified by man.
  7. a severe shortage of food leading to starvation or death.
  8. People being able to settle down and work on different "special" jobs.
  9. A river in Mesopotamia.
  10. First civilization in Mesopotamia.

25 Clues: Set of rules or laws. • Capable of reproducing. • A river in Mesopotamia. • A river in Mesopotamia. • A Mesopotamian writing system. • To trade one idem for another. • First civilization in Mesopotamia. • Sumerian King of the city-state Uruk. • A religion that believes in many gods. • to move around without a permanent home. • supplying water to plants to aid farming. • ...

Mesopotamia #1 2025-01-22

Mesopotamia #1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. were allowed to learn to read and write in scribe school
  2. as a result of literature, this type of story was written in Mesopotamia
  3. These structures provided... for the Babylonian people
  4. Sumerians were the first to invent and use ...that were pulled
  5. acts as an independent country in Mesopotamia
  6. Assyrians were the first to use this metal to make body armor for protection
  7. Sumerians created the world's first...
  8. Assyria developed the world's first...
  9. was the main character in the epic we read in class
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  1. a second hand account of an event, a biography, notes taken about a historical document.
  2. if something is in fact credible, then it is...
  3. a first hand account of an event, a journal entry, an autobiography, a video recording.
  4. to take over another group of people by force, usually done by a government
  5. is the disruption of the natural flow of water to support agriculture and complex societies
  6. Babylonians built the first... and it was giant
  7. Assyrians had this tool always ready to go in case they needed to defend themselves, first of its kind.
  8. is the process of planting crops and herding animals
  9. Mesopotamian soldiers captured in war were the first of their kind in ancient history
  10. Babylonians were the first to build these around their city
  11. King Hammurabi developed a code of...
  12. violent conflicts between nations organized by governments

21 Clues: King Hammurabi developed a code of... • Sumerians created the world's first... • Assyria developed the world's first... • acts as an independent country in Mesopotamia • if something is in fact credible, then it is... • Babylonians built the first... and it was giant • was the main character in the epic we read in class • ...

TEST 1 VOCABULARY REVIEW 2025-08-27

TEST 1 VOCABULARY REVIEW crossword puzzle
Across
  1. TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT THAT HELPED BRING WATER TO FARMLANDS
  2. EGYPTIAN WRITING
  3. WEDGE SHAPED WRITING THAT WAS IMPRINTED ON CLAY TABLETS
  4. KING IN MESOPOTAMIA WHO DEVELOPED THE 1ST LAW CODE
  5. IT IS THOUGHT THAT SOCIETY IN INDUS VALLEY COULD BE DESCRIBED AS THIS
  6. OLD STONE AGE MAN LIVED AS A HUNTER GATHERER
  7. RULING FAMILIES OF THE CHINA RIVER VALLEY
  8. PRODUCTION OF THIS MATERIAL WAS UNIQUE TO THE PEOPLE OF CHINA RIVER VALLEY
  9. GOVERNMENT THAT WAS RULED BY A KING/QUEEN
  10. ...AND THE EUPHRATES WERE THE 2 RIVERS THAT HELPED PRODUCE THE MESOPOTAMIAN CIVLIZATION
  11. PALEOLITHIC MAN LIVED IN TEMPORARY HOUSING AND COULD BE DESCRIBED AS THIS
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  1. GOVERNMENT THAT WAS RULED BY A RELIGIOUS LEADER
  2. THE PEOPLE IN MESOPOTAMIA HAD GREAT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION BUT LACKED THIS
  3. THE PEOPLE IN INDUS VALLEY BUILT THEIR CITIES PLANNED OUT ON THESE
  4. PHARAOHS IN EGYPT WERE SEEN AS THIS
  5. ASPECTS OF CHINA RIVER VALLEY WRITING THAT IS SIMILAR TO MODERN CHINESE
  6. EGYPTIAN PROCESS OF PREPARING THE BODY FOR BURIAL. THIS LED TO ADVANCED KNOWLEDGE IN MEDICINE
  7. BELIEF IN THIS WAS PROVEN IN EGYPT BY THE PYRAMID AND MUMMIFICATION
  8. MAN LIVED IN PERMANENT SETTLEMENTS, USED AGRICULTURE FOR FOOD AND DEVELOPED SPECIALIZED JOBS
  9. THIS RIVER IN EGYPT FLOODED AT THE SAME TIME EVERY YEAR
  10. HAVING MORE THAN WHAT YOU NEED - THIS LED TO DIVERSIFICATION OF LABOR AND TRADE
  11. CULTURE THAT INVENTED THE PLOW AND CUNEIFORM
  12. BELIEF IN MANY GODS - MANY OF THE RIVER VALLEY CIVILIZATIONS COULD BE DESCRIBED AS THIS
  13. GEOGRAPHICAL FACTOR THAT WAS UNIQUE TO THE PEOPLE OF INDUS VALLEY
  14. MESOPOTAMIA GOVERNMENT WAS LOCAL AND SPECIFIC TO INDIVIDUAL CITIES

25 Clues: EGYPTIAN WRITING • PHARAOHS IN EGYPT WERE SEEN AS THIS • RULING FAMILIES OF THE CHINA RIVER VALLEY • GOVERNMENT THAT WAS RULED BY A KING/QUEEN • CULTURE THAT INVENTED THE PLOW AND CUNEIFORM • OLD STONE AGE MAN LIVED AS A HUNTER GATHERER • GOVERNMENT THAT WAS RULED BY A RELIGIOUS LEADER • KING IN MESOPOTAMIA WHO DEVELOPED THE 1ST LAW CODE • ...

Aralin: 18 - Mga Unang Kabihasnan sa Asya 2013-02-07

Aralin: 18 - Mga Unang Kabihasnan sa Asya crossword puzzle
Across
  1. sinakop ng _____ ang dalawang lungsod at ito ay kanilang sinunog.
  2. ang hanging garden of babylonia ay inaalay para kay _______.
  3. tang ang dinastiyang Shang ay pinangunahan ni________.
  4. ito ay binansagang _____ o kuna ng sibilisasyon sa Asya.
  5. gumamit ang mga tsino na _____ na naimbento ni Shou Hsin.
  6. ito ay nabuo sa may timog kanlurang Asya.
  7. ng indus nabuo ang sibilisasyon ng india sa may bahadi ng________.
  8. kaya naman sa mga natuklasan na ______ makikita na ang pagbagsak ng lungsod ay dahil sa malaking sunog.
  9. indus naging sentro ng sibilisasyon ang _____ na nagbigay irigasyon sa lugar.
  10. ito ay isang sistema ng pagsulat ng mga sumerian.
Down
  1. isang grupo ng mga taga Mesopotamia.
  2. ang unang monoteistikong relihiyon.
  3. ito ay isa o dalawang pinaniniwalaan na maraming diyos at diyosa.
  4. ito ay naglalakihang lungsod na kilala sa pagkakaroon ng mga kalsadang nalilinyahan.
  5. nagkaroon ng mga _______ ang mga karaniwang tao at ang mga alipin.
  6. sa kanila nagsimula ang paggamit ng panlipunan kalendaryo.
  7. ito ay ginamit ng mga pari at ni pinunong Shang.
  8. at euphrates ang mesopotamia ay nasa pagitan ng __________.
  9. kilala sa pagkakaroon ng matibay na sistemang panlipunan.
  10. ho ang kabihanang tsino ay lumago sapaligid ng________.

20 Clues: ang unang monoteistikong relihiyon. • isang grupo ng mga taga Mesopotamia. • ito ay nabuo sa may timog kanlurang Asya. • ito ay ginamit ng mga pari at ni pinunong Shang. • ito ay isang sistema ng pagsulat ng mga sumerian. • tang ang dinastiyang Shang ay pinangunahan ni________. • ho ang kabihanang tsino ay lumago sapaligid ng________. • ...

LE PAROLE CHIAVE DELLA MESOPOTAMIA 2020-11-30

LE PAROLE CHIAVE DELLA MESOPOTAMIA crossword puzzle
Across
  1. si trovava nella terrazza più alta del tempio
  2. costruiti per avere la riserva d'acqua per gli abitanti dei villaggi, per irrigare i campi e abbeverare il bestiame
  3. acquistavano e vendevano prodotti
  4. in seguito alla divisione dei lavori si formarono le..
  5. fiumi che circondavano la mesopotamia
  6. costruiti dalle popolazioni per controllare le piene
  7. territorio governato dal re nelle civiltà mesopotamiche
  8. difendevano la città
  9. zona fertile che ha favorito la nascita delle civiltà
  10. una seconda civiltà mesopotamica
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  1. svolgevano i lavori più faticosi e appartenevano ad un padrone
  2. in uso per entrambi i sessi come cura della persona
  3. partecipavano al banchetto ufficiale accanto al re
  4. frequentata solo dai maschi, le prime scuole dell'umanità
  5. costruiti per far defluire l'acqua durante le piene
  6. l'hanno inventata i sumeri
  7. indossati dal popolo comune con argilla, rame e pietre
  8. scambio di beni senza l'uso della moneta
  9. fango fertile che rimaneva sul suolo terminata la stagione delle piogge e fertilizzava il terreno
  10. affiancavano il re
  11. mosaico che ci racconta le vicende di una guerra combattuta e la pace riconquistata
  12. tempio, casa del dio protettore della città
  13. primo popolo insediato stabilmente in mesopotamia

23 Clues: affiancavano il re • difendevano la città • l'hanno inventata i sumeri • una seconda civiltà mesopotamica • acquistavano e vendevano prodotti • fiumi che circondavano la mesopotamia • scambio di beni senza l'uso della moneta • tempio, casa del dio protettore della città • si trovava nella terrazza più alta del tempio • primo popolo insediato stabilmente in mesopotamia • ...

Aralin: 18 - Mga Unang Kabihasnan sa Asya 2013-02-07

Aralin: 18 - Mga Unang Kabihasnan sa Asya crossword puzzle
Across
  1. sinakop ng _____ ang dalawang lungsod at ito ay kanilang sinunog.
  2. sa kanila nagsimula ang paggamit ng panlipunan kalendaryo.
  3. ito ay isa o dalawang pinaniniwalaan na maraming diyos at diyosa.
  4. indus naging sentro ng sibilisasyon ang _____ na nagbigay irigasyon sa lugar.
  5. ito ay isang sistema ng pagsulat ng mga sumerian.
  6. ito ay binansagang _____ o kuna ng sibilisasyon sa Asya.
  7. ito ay nabuo sa may timog kanlurang Asya.
  8. ito ay ginamit ng mga pari at ni pinunong Shang.
  9. ang hanging garden of babylonia ay inaalay para kay _______.
  10. tang ang dinastiyang Shang ay pinangunahan ni________.
  11. ang unang monoteistikong relihiyon.
Down
  1. ho ang kabihanang tsino ay lumago sapaligid ng________.
  2. ng indus nabuo ang sibilisasyon ng india sa may bahadi ng________.
  3. nagkaroon ng mga _______ ang mga karaniwang tao at ang mga alipin.
  4. kilala sa pagkakaroon ng matibay na sistemang panlipunan.
  5. ito ay naglalakihang lungsod na kilala sa pagkakaroon ng mga kalsadang nalilinyahan.
  6. at euphrates ang mesopotamia ay nasa pagitan ng __________.
  7. kaya naman sa mga natuklasan na ______ makikita na ang pagbagsak ng lungsod ay dahil sa malaking sunog.
  8. gumamit ang mga tsino na _____ na naimbento ni Shou Hsin.
  9. isang grupo ng mga taga Mesopotamia.

20 Clues: ang unang monoteistikong relihiyon. • isang grupo ng mga taga Mesopotamia. • ito ay nabuo sa may timog kanlurang Asya. • ito ay ginamit ng mga pari at ni pinunong Shang. • ito ay isang sistema ng pagsulat ng mga sumerian. • tang ang dinastiyang Shang ay pinangunahan ni________. • ho ang kabihanang tsino ay lumago sapaligid ng________. • ...

Neo vs Paleo Review 2023-11-05

Neo vs Paleo Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Rivers in the Middle East that form the region called Mesopotamia where the first civilizations were established
  2. The Era/Age that was after the Paleolithic and Neolithic
  3. A place where people start a new place to live
  4. Something that happens because something else happened
  5. The change from hunting for animals to keeping them
  6. Known as Mesopotamia, where the first human civilizations emerged
  7. To compare pieces of evidence to see where they agree or disagree.
  8. Moving from one place to another
  9. The change from hunting and gathering to farming
  10. The discovery of this person changed the way scientist looked at humans
Down
  1. They way Paleolithic era humans found food
  2. A decorative horizontal band running along the top of a wall inside or outside a building
  3. Another name for farming
  4. To make changes by introducing new methods, ideas, or products
  5. Another name for the Paleolithic Era
  6. A region in the Middle East where the first early river valley civilizations started
  7. A challenge or problem that has been debated or discussed across time
  8. Artwork that was used in the Paleolithic Era
  9. Period of time before written history
  10. An event that leads to lasting change

20 Clues: Another name for farming • Moving from one place to another • Another name for the Paleolithic Era • Period of time before written history • An event that leads to lasting change • They way Paleolithic era humans found food • Artwork that was used in the Paleolithic Era • A place where people start a new place to live • The change from hunting and gathering to farming • ...

Neolithic Revolution & River Valleys Crossword 2025-08-21

Neolithic Revolution & River Valleys Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Writing system of ancient Mesopotamia, pressed into clay tablets.
  2. Region in Southwest Asia with rich soil where farming began early.
  3. Living in one place permanently instead of moving from place to place.
  4. Period called the “New Stone Age” when farming and permanent villages began.
  5. Extra food produced by farming.
  6. South Asian river valley where Harappa developed.
  7. Massive stone tombs built for pharaohs in Egypt.
  8. Civilization that developed along the Huang He (Yellow River).
  9. Chinese dynasty that used oracle bones and early bronze tools.
  10. One of the “founder crops” first grown in Southwest Asia
  11. The era where people were hunter-gatherers.
  12. Early Chinese belief that rulers had the right to rule as long as they governed fairly.
  13. Writing system of ancient Egypt.
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  1. in Egypt that flooded predictably, leaving fertile soil.
  2. invention of farming
  3. Advanced system in the Indus Valley that carried away waste water.
  4. Large temples built in Mesopotamia with step-like designs.
  5. Early civilization that developed between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
  6. Social order in Egypt placed this ruler at the very top.
  7. Lifestyle of constantly moving to follow animals and plants for food.
  8. To tame plants and animals for human use.

21 Clues: invention of farming • Extra food produced by farming. • Writing system of ancient Egypt. • To tame plants and animals for human use. • The era where people were hunter-gatherers. • Massive stone tombs built for pharaohs in Egypt. • South Asian river valley where Harappa developed. • in Egypt that flooded predictably, leaving fertile soil. • ...

Mesopotamia 2023-02-21

Mesopotamia crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The main building that is in the middle of the city, the top layer is where the priest and Gods go
  2. Their writing
  3. The other river the surrounds Mesopotamia that starts with an E
  4. The dispersion or spread of people from their homeland
  5. The first set of rules in Mesopotamia
  6. The present day location
Down
  1. The main city in Mesopotamia
  2. One of the rivers that surround Mesopotamia that starts with a T
  3. Tame (an animal) and keeps it as a pet or for farm produce

9 Clues: Their writing • The present day location • The main city in Mesopotamia • The first set of rules in Mesopotamia • The dispersion or spread of people from their homeland • Tame (an animal) and keeps it as a pet or for farm produce • The other river the surrounds Mesopotamia that starts with an E • One of the rivers that surround Mesopotamia that starts with a T • ...

Mesopotamia 2021-10-28

Mesopotamia crossword puzzle
Across
  1. fought against Mesopotamians for the land
  2. first writing language
  3. growing first writing language
  4. social studies
Down
  1. like a church
  2. advanced human society
  3. system of watering crops
  4. dark
  5. hunting
  6. Mesopotamia

10 Clues: dark • hunting • Mesopotamia • like a church • social studies • advanced human society • first writing language • system of watering crops • growing first writing language • fought against Mesopotamians for the land

Mesopotamian Civilisation 2017-12-10

Mesopotamian Civilisation crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Ancient Mesopotamia is also known as the "____ of Civilisation."
  2. The people who were the first to write down their system of law were the ____
  3. These people put an end to the rule of Babylonians and the Assyrians: ____
  4. The language spoken by most people in Ancient Mesopotamia
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  1. The Tigris and the Euphrates River flow into the Persian ____
  2. Mesopotamia was also called "the Land between Two ____."
  3. The Center of _____ was situated in the King's Palace in a City-State.
  4. Sumer was the ___ human civilisation formed.
  5. The major invention of the Sumerians was ____
  6. The present day Mesopotamia is located in the present-day Country of ____

10 Clues: Sumer was the ___ human civilisation formed. • The major invention of the Sumerians was ____ • Mesopotamia was also called "the Land between Two ____." • The language spoken by most people in Ancient Mesopotamia • The Tigris and the Euphrates River flow into the Persian ____ • Ancient Mesopotamia is also known as the "____ of Civilisation." • ...

DEEP TIME HISTORY 1/2020 2020-01-22

DEEP TIME HISTORY 1/2020 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. this was the first life form on earth
  2. having a steady crop of food led to this
  3. waste product from plants helped other forms of life succeed on Earth
  4. an animal that only eats plants
  5. this climate event made rainfall for farming become unreliable
  6. having no rules and laws, civilization could lead to this
  7. the first civilization began in this area
  8. an animal that only eats other animals
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  1. beside controlling plants for farming what other life forms were humans able to control
  2. the first plant that made farming possible
  3. the other main river of Mesopotamia
  4. one of the two main rivers of Mesopotamia
  5. this invention helped bypass rainfall as a major need for farming
  6. an animal that eats both plants and animals

14 Clues: an animal that only eats plants • the other main river of Mesopotamia • this was the first life form on earth • an animal that only eats other animals • having a steady crop of food led to this • one of the two main rivers of Mesopotamia • the first civilization began in this area • the first plant that made farming possible • an animal that eats both plants and animals • ...

DEEP TIME HISTORY 1/2020 2020-01-22

DEEP TIME HISTORY 1/2020 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. one of the two main rivers of Mesopotamia
  2. having no rules and laws, civilization could lead to this
  3. beside controlling plants for farming what other life forms were humans able to control
  4. an animal that eats both plants and animals
  5. an animal that only eats plants
  6. this climate event made rainfall for farming become unreliable
  7. the first civilization began in this area
Down
  1. the first plant that made farming possible
  2. having a steady crop of food led to this
  3. this was the first life form on earth
  4. an animal that only eats other animals
  5. the other main river of Mesopotamia
  6. this invention helped bypass rainfall as a major need for farming
  7. this waste product from plants helped other forms of life succeed on Earth

14 Clues: an animal that only eats plants • the other main river of Mesopotamia • this was the first life form on earth • an animal that only eats other animals • having a steady crop of food led to this • one of the two main rivers of Mesopotamia • the first civilization began in this area • the first plant that made farming possible • an animal that eats both plants and animals • ...

Mesopotamia 2023-02-01

Mesopotamia crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an area in southern Mesopotamia, were cities first appeared.
  2. an early city that was like its own country
  3. a wall of earth built to prevent a river from flooding its banks
  4. step pyramid-shaped building
  5. cradle of civilization (two words)
Down
  1. a river in Mesopotamia
  2. a means of supplying land with water
  3. fine particles of rock
  4. code writer
  5. a geographic area located between the tigris and Euphrates rivers

10 Clues: code writer • a river in Mesopotamia • fine particles of rock • step pyramid-shaped building • cradle of civilization (two words) • a means of supplying land with water • an early city that was like its own country • an area in southern Mesopotamia, were cities first appeared. • a wall of earth built to prevent a river from flooding its banks • ...

Mesopotamia Terms 2022-11-13

Mesopotamia Terms crossword puzzle
Across
  1. one of the top inventions of the Sumerians
  2. a king; wrote the known first laws
  3. an arc of fertile land in Mesopotamia
  4. the current name of this region
  5. the first settlers of Mesopotamia (4000 BCE)
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  1. one of the rivers of Mesopotamia
  2. Amorites (Arabians) who conquered mesopotamia
  3. early writing system with wedge-shaped marks and clay
  4. one of the rivers of Mesopotamia

9 Clues: the current name of this region • one of the rivers of Mesopotamia • one of the rivers of Mesopotamia • a king; wrote the known first laws • an arc of fertile land in Mesopotamia • one of the top inventions of the Sumerians • the first settlers of Mesopotamia (4000 BCE) • Amorites (Arabians) who conquered mesopotamia • early writing system with wedge-shaped marks and clay

The Sumerians 2018-11-26

The Sumerians crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Building material that Sumer traded for.
  2. A system of canals and dams that brings water to the fields.
  3. In the hereditary system, he gets to rule after his father, the King, dies.
  4. Head of the Sumerian home.
  5. Most Mesopotamians farmed. Some were skilled workers called...
  6. Belief in, and worship of, many gods and goddesses.
  7. Kings, priests, warriors, and government officials were in this social class.
  8. Each city's king got his power to rule from the city's chief _________.
  9. Mesopotamia was in the eastern part of the Fertile______.
  10. Two-letter Sumerian city (home of Abraham in the Bible).
  11. These protected each Sumerian city-state.
  12. Villages become a town. Towns become a ___________: a place for trade.
  13. People in the lowest social class--usually prisoners of war.
  14. The resource that all civilizations need for people, crops, and animals.
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  1. Each god or goddess controlled a different part of __________.
  2. Means "the land between the rivers" in Greek.
  3. The present-day country where Mesopotamia once was.
  4. A powerful, independent city that controls the territory around it.
  5. Domesticated animal raised, besides goats and pigs.
  6. Step temple in the center of the city where it is said the gods lived at the top.
  7. What most wars are fought over.
  8. Major Sumerian crop besides barley and dates.
  9. Social class of merchants, farmers, fishers, and artisans.
  10. Irrigation systems allowed Mesopotamian farmers to have a _______ of food.
  11. Mud and reeds, dried in the sun make these building blocks.
  12. Small particles of soil make this material, which is very good for farming.
  13. Most common job in Sumer.
  14. How many thousand years B.C. that Mesopotamia was first settled.

28 Clues: Most common job in Sumer. • Head of the Sumerian home. • What most wars are fought over. • Building material that Sumer traded for. • These protected each Sumerian city-state. • Means "the land between the rivers" in Greek. • Major Sumerian crop besides barley and dates. • The present-day country where Mesopotamia once was. • ...

Unit 2 (2nd Half) 2025-01-06

Unit 2 (2nd Half) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a characteristic of civilization known for placing people in society like upper, middle, lower (2 words, no spaces)
  2. the first writing system from Mesopotamia (Sumer)
  3. ancient river valley civilization in Africa
  4. a professional writer who went to school for 12 years in the ancient world
  5. an ancient river valley civilization known as the cradle of civilization
  6. this was made by the sumerians and continues to keep spinning today
  7. ancient egyptian writing known for its picture based symbols
  8. a characteristic of civilization known for make laws and guiding the civilization
  9. The ____________ and Euphrates are the rivers of Mesopotamia
  10. a characteristic of civilization known for the division of labor (2 words, no spaces)
  11. this is what Mesopotamians used to write on
  12. the river of Egypt
  13. the Babylonian king with strict written code of laws
  14. most famous structure from Ancient Egypt
  15. Ancient Mesopotamian temples
  16. these natural barriers protect Ancient Egypt
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  1. the belief in many gods
  2. ancient river valley civilization in East Asia
  3. this was made by Egyptians to write on
  4. the was a heroic king that has an Ancient Mesopotamian Epic written for him
  5. this material was used to make buildings and walls in Mesopotamia (2 words, no spaces)
  6. ancient river valley civilizations wanted rivers to ____________ to help water the crops
  7. the _________ river valley civilization was one of the 4 ancient river valley civilizations
  8. this system allowed the fields to get water to grow a surplus of food
  9. decoded hieroglyphics (2 words, no spaces)
  10. the process of preparing a dead body for the afterlife in ancient Egypt
  11. the title given to an ancient Egyptian ruler

27 Clues: the river of Egypt • the belief in many gods • Ancient Mesopotamian temples • this was made by Egyptians to write on • most famous structure from Ancient Egypt • decoded hieroglyphics (2 words, no spaces) • ancient river valley civilization in Africa • this is what Mesopotamians used to write on • the title given to an ancient Egyptian ruler • ...

Geography of the Ancient Middle East 2022-06-21

Geography of the Ancient Middle East crossword puzzle
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  1. ____ Gulf; large body of water into which the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers flow
  2. Sumerian city-state famous for its clash with the city of Umma
  3. name of the capital of the Hittite Empire
  4. an early kingdom in Syria known for being a major commercial center; in the mid-3rd Millennium, it was unique for electing rulers for seven-year periods of time.
  5. large desert region filled with mostly nomadic tribes, would later be the region where Islam was founded
  6. ancient city in Syria situated on the bank of the Mediterranean Sea; also the site where a number of cuneiform texts were discovered in 1928
  7. name of the narrow region on the eastern bank of the Mediterranean Sea
  8. ancient Sumerian city that was the religious center of Mesopotamia and seat of the god Enlil
  9. region situated on the northern part of the Mediterranean Sea, composed of numerous islands and a mountainous mainland
  10. region today known as Turkey, land of the Hittites
  11. capital of Egypt for most of the Old Kingdom period
  12. major capital city of the Assyrian Empire, founded by Ashurnasirpal II; possibly the actual site of the famous Hanging Gardens
  13. one of the earliest city-states in Mesopotamia, considered by the Sumerians to be the first city in the world; home of the god Enki
  14. major capital of the Assyrian Empire
  15. a once-coastal city that was very influential during the mid-3rd millennium until about 500 BCE; site of the famed Great Ziggurat built by Ur-Nammu and Shulgi
  16. capital city of the Babylonian Empire; supposed site of famous Hanging Gardens, city of luxury and advanced living
  17. Sea large body of water to the north of Anatolia
  18. region to the east of the Zagros Mountains, today known as Iran
  19. ancient name of the southern region of Mesopotamia
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  1. Egyptian site of the Great Pyramid and the Sphinx
  2. capital of the Elamite kingdom and of the Achaemenid Empire
  3. ____ River; one of the two rivers that forms the river valley in which the region of Mesopotamia is situated; this one is the western river
  4. capital of Egypt for most of the Middle and New Kingdom periods
  5. southern region of Mesopotamia, was known by another name for over a thousand years
  6. region in northeast Africa, known for its pyramids and situated on the Nile River
  7. ____ River; the north-flowing river along which the region of Egypt is situated
  8. capital of the Akkadian Empire
  9. city founded by Akhenaten to be the capital of the Egyptian Empire during his attempt to make Egypt a monotheistic theocracy
  10. ____ Sea; large body of water to the northeast of Persia
  11. ____ River; one of the two rivers that forms the river valley in which the region of Mesopotamia is situated; this one is the eastern river
  12. ____ Sea; large body of water to the east of Egypt, famed for having been the river Moses allegedly led the Hebrews through
  13. ____ Sea; largest body of water in the ancient Near East, on the banks of which numerous famous ancient civilizations flourished
  14. northern region of Mesopotamia
  15. city in the Levant, site of a major battle against the Egyptians which resulted in the coining of the term “Armageddon”
  16. ____ Mountains; mountain range that delineates the boundary between Mesopotamia and Persia
  17. considered the first major metropolitan city in the world, it boasted a population of around 40,000 people within the city limits in 3100 BCE
  18. island just off the western coast of the Levant in the eastern Mediterranean Sea
  19. early civilization just west of the Zagros Mountains, a major thorn in the side of most Mesopotamian civilizations

38 Clues: capital of the Akkadian Empire • northern region of Mesopotamia • major capital of the Assyrian Empire • name of the capital of the Hittite Empire • Sea large body of water to the north of Anatolia • Egyptian site of the Great Pyramid and the Sphinx • region today known as Turkey, land of the Hittites • ancient name of the southern region of Mesopotamia • ...

Mesopotamian civilization 2021-06-08

Mesopotamian civilization crossword puzzle
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  1. ศาสนาโซโรแอสเตอร์
  2. ชาวฟินิเชียน
  3. ชาวสุเมเรียน
  4. ชาวอมอไรต์
  5. แม่น้ำไทกริส
  6. สวนลอยแห่งบาบิโลน
  7. ซิกกูแรต
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  1. อักษรคูนิฟอร์ม/ลิ่ม
  2. ชาวฮีบรู
  3. ชาวอัสซีเรียน
  4. อารยธรรมเมโสโปเตเมีย
  5. ชาวเปอร์เซีย
  6. โมเสส
  7. ชาวคาลเดียน
  8. ชาวฮิตไทต์
  9. พระคัมภีร์เก่า
  10. แม่น้ำยูเฟรทีส
  11. ศาสนายูดาห์

18 Clues: โมเสส • ชาวฮีบรู • ซิกกูแรต • ชาวฮิตไทต์ • ชาวอมอไรต์ • ชาวคาลเดียน • ศาสนายูดาห์ • ชาวฟินิเชียน • ชาวเปอร์เซีย • ชาวสุเมเรียน • แม่น้ำไทกริส • ชาวอัสซีเรียน • พระคัมภีร์เก่า • แม่น้ำยูเฟรทีส • ศาสนาโซโรแอสเตอร์ • สวนลอยแห่งบาบิโลน • อักษรคูนิฟอร์ม/ลิ่ม • อารยธรรมเมโสโปเตเมีย

Mesopotamia - slides #1 thru #6 2023-11-07

Mesopotamia - slides #1 thru #6 crossword puzzle
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  1. Mesopotamians built _____ communities in the fertile valley
  2. Mesopotamia nickname - the Fertile ____?
  3. the land between two rivers
  4. the idea of bringing water to your needs
  5. a very popular job in Mesopotamia
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  1. one of the main rivers used by Mesopotamians
  2. Ziggurat means to "rise ____"
  3. a very dirty substance in the ground - plants love it
  4. one of the main rivers used by Mesopotamians
  5. the material used to make Mesopotamian homes
  6. used for making bowls and writing to keep records

11 Clues: the land between two rivers • Ziggurat means to "rise ____" • a very popular job in Mesopotamia • Mesopotamia nickname - the Fertile ____? • the idea of bringing water to your needs • one of the main rivers used by Mesopotamians • one of the main rivers used by Mesopotamians • the material used to make Mesopotamian homes • used for making bowls and writing to keep records • ...

LA PREISTORIA E LA MESOPOTAMIA 2017-11-20

LA PREISTORIA E LA MESOPOTAMIA crossword puzzle
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  1. UNICO CONTINENTE
  2. POPOLO CHE VIVE IN MESOPOTAMIA
  3. IL PRIMO OMINIDE
  4. DOVE VENIVA SEGNATA LA SCRITTURA
  5. LA CASA DI DIO
  6. CASE COSTRUITE IN RIVA AL FIUME
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  1. IMPORTANTE INVENZIONE DEI SUMERI
  2. RESIDENZA DEL SOVRANO
  3. LA REGIONE COMPRESA TRA IL TIGRI E L'EUFRATE
  4. SCAMBIO DI PRODOTTI DELLA TERRA
  5. LEGA FORMATA DA STAGNO E ZINCO
  6. EPOCA IN CUI NON SI CONOSCEVA LA SCRITTURA
  7. DIO DELLA VOLTA CELESTE
  8. IL NOME DELL'AUSTRALOPITECO RITROVATO NEL 1974

14 Clues: LA CASA DI DIO • UNICO CONTINENTE • IL PRIMO OMINIDE • RESIDENZA DEL SOVRANO • DIO DELLA VOLTA CELESTE • POPOLO CHE VIVE IN MESOPOTAMIA • LEGA FORMATA DA STAGNO E ZINCO • SCAMBIO DI PRODOTTI DELLA TERRA • CASE COSTRUITE IN RIVA AL FIUME • IMPORTANTE INVENZIONE DEI SUMERI • DOVE VENIVA SEGNATA LA SCRITTURA • EPOCA IN CUI NON SI CONOSCEVA LA SCRITTURA • ...

DEEP TIME HISTORY 1/2020 2020-01-22

DEEP TIME HISTORY 1/2020 crossword puzzle
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  1. the first plant that made farming possible
  2. the other main river of Mesopotamia
  3. this waste product from plants helped other forms of life succeed on Earth
  4. one of the two main rivers of Mesopotamia
  5. this was the first life form on earth
  6. this climate event made rainfall for farming become unreliable
  7. the first civilization began in this area
  8. an animal that eats both plants and animals
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  1. having no rules and laws, civilization could lead to this
  2. having a steady crop of food led to this
  3. an animal that only eats plants
  4. this invention helped bypass rainfall as a major need for farming
  5. beside controlling plants for farming what other life forms were humans able to control
  6. an animal that only eats other animals

14 Clues: an animal that only eats plants • the other main river of Mesopotamia • this was the first life form on earth • an animal that only eats other animals • having a steady crop of food led to this • one of the two main rivers of Mesopotamia • the first civilization began in this area • the first plant that made farming possible • an animal that eats both plants and animals • ...

World History 2024-11-21

World History crossword puzzle
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  1. Top of Mesopotamian Social Structure
  2. Land between two rivers
  3. Number of characteristics of civilization
  4. Highest on Indian Caste system
  5. Major city in India
  6. Major city of China
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  1. Mountain range separating China and India
  2. Lowest on Indian Caste system
  3. City in Mesopotamia
  4. Philosophic thought foLcues on Wisdom, Justice, Courage, and Temperance
  5. Alleged author of Art of War
  6. Word that describes Late Kingdom of Egypt
  7. Leader in Egypt
  8. Major city of Egypt
  9. Major river of Egypt

15 Clues: Leader in Egypt • City in Mesopotamia • Major city of Egypt • Major city in India • Major city of China • Major river of Egypt • Land between two rivers • Alleged author of Art of War • Lowest on Indian Caste system • Highest on Indian Caste system • Top of Mesopotamian Social Structure • Mountain range separating China and India • Word that describes Late Kingdom of Egypt • ...

Mesopotamia (Bruk s.22-27 i Midgard) 2021-10-26

Mesopotamia (Bruk s.22-27 i Midgard) crossword puzzle
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  1. Skriften sumererne brukte.
  2. Stor elv som starter på E.
  3. Veldig mange jobbet som dette.
  4. Den nederste delen av Mesopotamia.
  5. En av de viktigste byene.
  6. Dette gjorde bondens arbeid lettere.
  7. Folket som bodde i Sumer ble kalt...
  8. En stor tårnbygning med et tempel på toppen.
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  1. Stor elv som starter på T.
  2. En av menneskets viktigste oppfinnelser.
  3. Gudinne for kjærlighet og krig.
  4. Læren om stjerner og planeter.
  5. Denne byen lå ute ved kysten.
  6. Sumererne skrev på dette.
  7. Den eldste elvekulturen.

15 Clues: Den eldste elvekulturen. • Sumererne skrev på dette. • En av de viktigste byene. • Stor elv som starter på T. • Skriften sumererne brukte. • Stor elv som starter på E. • Denne byen lå ute ved kysten. • Læren om stjerner og planeter. • Veldig mange jobbet som dette. • Gudinne for kjærlighet og krig. • Den nederste delen av Mesopotamia. • Dette gjorde bondens arbeid lettere. • ...

Social Studies Vocabulary 2013-01-04

Social Studies Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. A religion founded by the Hebrews
  2. A widespread lack of food
  3. A self-government city and land that surrounds them
  4. A large temple built by the ancient Sumerians to honor their Gods of goodness
  5. An extra supply of something (food)
  6. The belief in one God
  7. The ten laws that God gave the Hebrews
  8. A long period of dry weather
  9. Trade of one thing for another without the use of money
  10. A great Hebrew leader who leads his people from Sumer to the land of Canaan
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  1. A system of writing developed by ancient Sumerians that used wedged shape symbolspolytheism The belief in many Gods and Goddesses
  2. A fertile religion in the Middle East; important place for early citizens
  3. The world’s first system
  4. An ancient city in Mesopotamia
  5. Ancient civilization in Southern Mesopotamia, and one of the first civilizations in the world
  6. A Hebrew that is raised as a son of Egypt
  7. "The land between two rivers" the area between the Tigris and 2 lands
  8. The first king of the city-state of Babylon, and inherited the throne from his father

18 Clues: The belief in one God • The world’s first system • A widespread lack of food • A long period of dry weather • An ancient city in Mesopotamia • A religion founded by the Hebrews • An extra supply of something (food) • The ten laws that God gave the Hebrews • A Hebrew that is raised as a son of Egypt • A self-government city and land that surrounds them • ...

Egypt and Mesopotamia 2022-10-23

Egypt and Mesopotamia crossword puzzle
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  1. the capital of Mesopotamia
  2. the eastern river in Mesopotamia
  3. egypts gift
  4. an egyptian king
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  1. built by slaves
  2. egyptians writing
  3. a place surounded by water
  4. the western river in Mesopotamia

8 Clues: egypts gift • built by slaves • an egyptian king • egyptians writing • the capital of Mesopotamia • a place surounded by water • the eastern river in Mesopotamia • the western river in Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia crossword 2021-12-17

Mesopotamia crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. something in the middle of a city state
  2. something they made during those times
  3. one of the rivers
  4. to trade
  5. Hammurabi ruled over this
  6. lots of city states
  7. land between two rivers
  8. not an emporor, a _____
  9. a way to bring water into city states
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  1. The epic of _________
  2. worth nothing
  3. someone who owns many city states
  4. someones customs or beiliefs
  5. artsy-fartsy
  6. current day Mesopotamia
  7. a form of writing they used
  8. city with its own goverment and leaders
  9. Hammurabi ruled over these people
  10. someone who writes or reads writing
  11. _______ made the first written laws
  12. people who bartered with stuff
  13. the first emperor
  14. people who kept the gods happy
  15. became besties with gilgamesh

24 Clues: to trade • artsy-fartsy • worth nothing • one of the rivers • the first emperor • lots of city states • The epic of _________ • current day Mesopotamia • land between two rivers • not an emporor, a _____ • Hammurabi ruled over this • a form of writing they used • someones customs or beiliefs • became besties with gilgamesh • people who bartered with stuff • people who kept the gods happy • ...

Mesopotamia Geography 2021-12-16

Mesopotamia Geography crossword puzzle
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  1. Oldest Mesopotamian settlement
  2. brought water to the crops from the
  3. forced people to move from the
  4. very fine mud
  5. Sea
  6. surrounds a city-state for protection
  7. to flow farmland during droughts
  8. located
  9. Sumerians built this to control the
  10. earth walls to help prevent flooding
  11. water levels in a canal
  12. to the river valleys
  13. "land between the rivers"
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  1. Gulf
  2. one of the rivers within the Fertile
  3. low lying, flat land
  4. modern-day country in which Mesopotamia
  5. are poked into the leeves to allow
  6. main reason for fighting between
  7. Mesopotamians moved from here to the
  8. valley
  9. controlled the flow of trade on the
  10. region in the Middle East; shaped like
  11. river that empties into the
  12. special gates that raised and lowered
  13. independent self-governing city
  14. located outside the city wall
  15. created to store water for later use

28 Clues: Sea • Gulf • valley • located • very fine mud • low lying, flat land • to the river valleys • water levels in a canal • "land between the rivers" • river that empties into the • located outside the city wall • Oldest Mesopotamian settlement • forced people to move from the • independent self-governing city • main reason for fighting between • to flow farmland during droughts • ...

Mesopotamia Geography 2021-12-16

Mesopotamia Geography crossword puzzle
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  1. river that empties into the Mediterranean Sea
  2. located outside the city wall
  3. low lying, flat land
  4. Mesopotamians moved from here to the river valley
  5. main reason for fighting between city-states
  6. created to store water for later use
  7. region in the Middle East; shaped like
  8. very fine mud
  9. one of the rivers within the Fertile
  10. forced people to move from the foothills to the river valleys
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  1. surrounds a city-state for protection
  2. brought water to the crops from the river
  3. Sumerians built this to control the
  4. "land between the rivers"
  5. special gates that raised and lowered the water levels in a canal
  6. independent self-governing city
  7. are poked into the leeves to allow water to flow farmland during droughts
  8. controlled the flow of trade on the Persian Gulf
  9. earth walls to help prevent flooding
  10. Oldest Mesopotamian settlement
  11. modern-day country in which Mesopotamia is located

21 Clues: very fine mud • low lying, flat land • "land between the rivers" • located outside the city wall • Oldest Mesopotamian settlement • independent self-governing city • Sumerians built this to control the • earth walls to help prevent flooding • created to store water for later use • one of the rivers within the Fertile • surrounds a city-state for protection • ...

Mesopotamia Crossword 2016-11-21

Mesopotamia Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. / goddess of the sea
  2. / king of akkad that conquered sumer
  3. / people who were responsible for daily prayers, ceremonies and sacrifices
  4. / a person who buys and sells goods for profit
  5. / a club-like weapon
  6. / a temple in the shape of a tiered pyramid
  7. / belief in more than one god
  8. / one of the major rivers in Mesopotamia
  9. / king who reestablished babylon as a major empire in 600 B.C.E
  10. / system of ditches the mesopotamians used to water their crops
  11. / the babylonian king known as the "strong king of babel"
  12. / the social class that included kings, priests and government officials
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  1. / the assyrian armies used this as a weapon
  2. / god of the air
  3. / the capital city of assyria
  4. / a government run through many departments and administrators
  5. / the people who conquered mesopotamia in 539 B.C.E.
  6. / an independent state made up of a city and the surrounding land and villages
  7. / the name of the mesopotamian afterlife
  8. / a territory made up of many nations or groups of people that is ruled by an emperor
  9. / an invention of the assyrians
  10. / the type of grain that mesopotamian bread was made out of
  11. / the patron god of assyria
  12. / the patron god of babylon

24 Clues: / god of the air • / goddess of the sea • / a club-like weapon • / the patron god of assyria • / the patron god of babylon • / the capital city of assyria • / belief in more than one god • / an invention of the assyrians • / king of akkad that conquered sumer • / the name of the mesopotamian afterlife • / one of the major rivers in Mesopotamia • ...

Mesopotamia Words 2022-12-15

Mesopotamia Words crossword puzzle
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  1. The conquer of Mesopotamia
  2. Aboxy temple the priests live in
  3. Rules you have to follow
  4. A written langue
  5. An independent state
  6. An extra amount of something
  7. The belief in many gods
  8. The growing of crops and rearing of animals to provide goods
  9. An invention made to make farming easier
  10. was An invention to make transporting goods easier
  11. An invention used to make cloths
  12. The land between the rivers
  13. An artificial waterway
  14. An invention to help prevent flooding
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  1. Devices created to solve problems
  2. A supply to water crops
  3. The different foods, clothes, languages, and skin tones depending on where you live
  4. the belief in one god
  5. A set of laws created by Hammurabi
  6. A water source also used for transportation and trade
  7. Rich soil from deposition
  8. Classes divided by wealth and power
  9. is the belief in one or many gods

23 Clues: A written langue • An independent state • the belief in one god • An artificial waterway • A supply to water crops • The belief in many gods • Rules you have to follow • Rich soil from deposition • The conquer of Mesopotamia • The land between the rivers • An extra amount of something • Aboxy temple the priests live in • An invention used to make cloths • ...

Ancient Mesopotamia 2021-02-04

Ancient Mesopotamia crossword puzzle
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  1. The place of worship of gods and goddesses in Mesopotamian cities.
  2. To remove dirt carefully from an area in order to find buried remains and artifacts.
  3. A Babylonian king famous for creating a set of strict laws.
  4. works The creation of commonly used things in a city like roads, bridges, tall walls, etc.
  5. The creation of buildings in a city.
  6. The name of the first empire.
  7. An object produced or shaped by human craft, especially a tool, weapon, etc. of archaeological or historical interest.
  8. specialization People had specific jobs in cities.
  9. This involves worship of a god or gods, and the belief in certain ideas about right and wrong behavior.
  10. Growing food (i.e. vegetables, grains, etc.) in order to have a surplus of food.
  11. A famous city that would later grow its own empire. Established by King Sargon.
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  1. The rulers and officials responsible for creating laws and managing society.
  2. The study of human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts and other physical remains.
  3. classes This feature of civilization helped to organize people in society and determined how much power you had.
  4. Many Mesopotamian religions were __________.
  5. A word that tells us something is from the distant past and does not exist anymore.
  6. The places that people lived in ancient civilizations.
  7. The creation of paintings, jewelry, sculptures, etc.
  8. This feature of civilization helped people to record stories, history, ideas, etc.
  9. The process of getting water from the rivers to the farms in a city.

20 Clues: The name of the first empire. • The creation of buildings in a city. • Many Mesopotamian religions were __________. • specialization People had specific jobs in cities. • The creation of paintings, jewelry, sculptures, etc. • The places that people lived in ancient civilizations. • A Babylonian king famous for creating a set of strict laws. • ...

Mesopotamia wordsearch 2021-05-06

Mesopotamia wordsearch crossword puzzle
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  1. a long period of dry weather
  2. The ideas, customs, art, and religion of a society
  3. freed the israelites
  4. The people of southern mesopotamia that got captured by the Akkadians
  5. Based standard english off of their language
  6. Mesopotamian goddess associated with love and beauty
  7. Sumerian King
  8. The main person worshipped by a certain religion
  9. first king of empire was Hamurabbi
  10. Person mentioned in the mesopotamian bible ( 4th son of Jacob and Leah)
  11. A farming tool used to loosen up soil
  12. A trained military group trained to fight on land
  13. People that have been taught to write Cuneiform
  14. Social system that has its own practices, morals, and beliefs
  15. The act of water washing up at very high levels of land
  16. Another word for writer
  17. Bringing water to land or crops
  18. When babylonia fell
  19. The first empire in Mesopotamia/ Conquered Sumer
  20. A dry barren area of land
  21. A body of water that separates Europe and Africa
  22. Relating to the government or public affairs of a country
  23. The belief in one god
  24. Synonym for city-like
  25. city state that was conquered by Sargon
  26. A religious song or poem that is used to worship a certain god
  27. A plant that can be harvested.
  28. The science of building.
  29. The art of making pots from mud and clay
  30. People who formed religious ceremonies
  31. A group of individuals that can have certain cultural beliefs
  32. The land between the rivers
  33. A geographical area of fertile land in the Middle East stretching in a broad semicircle from the Nile to the Tigris and Euphrates
  34. A wheeled horse drawn cart mostly used during battle
  35. Another mesopotamian empire
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  1. People that thread with others
  2. A long wall that prevents flooding.
  3. Synonym for countryside
  4. Man-Made waterways
  5. a type of government in which power is transferred by family
  6. A type of fertile soil mixed with tiny rocks
  7. The very first king of Mesopotamia
  8. The diversion of society by rank or class
  9. A precious gemstone that holds a yellow metallic color
  10. More than needed.
  11. King Sargon’s son
  12. The number of people in a certain area
  13. of Labor An arrangement in where a worker specializes in doing a certain task
  14. A set of letters that can be combined into words
  15. When babylonia was founded
  16. Cultivate (a plant) for food
  17. Picture symbols
  18. Long poem that told tales of heroes
  19. The world's first form of writing
  20. circular object that can be found on cars and trucks
  21. The science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and other products
  22. The river located south of the fertile crescent
  23. Tablet A tablet used to write on
  24. Another term for cultural diffusion
  25. A tool used to write on clay tablets
  26. The belief in many gods
  27. MinorA region of land that is present day Turkey
  28. The empire that settled in Mesopotamia
  29. A pyramid shaped temple tower
  30. A region of land that contains a city and all the countryside around it
  31. A land with different territories and people under one rule
  32. Ruler of a kingdom or empire
  33. The river located North of the fertile crescent

68 Clues: Sumerian King • Picture symbols • More than needed. • King Sargon’s son • Man-Made waterways • When babylonia fell • freed the israelites • The belief in one god • Synonym for city-like • Synonym for countryside • Another word for writer • The belief in many gods • The science of building. • A dry barren area of land • When babylonia was founded • The land between the rivers • ...

Mesopotamia #2 2017-10-28

Mesopotamia #2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The belief in multiple gods or goddesses in religion.
  2. A Mesopotamian religious temple. Ziggurats are tiered buildings and where often the biggest and most important building within a city-state.
  3. A society or family that is based around the males.
  4. Two parallel rivers in Iraq and Syria where civilization first developed around. The rivers flooded annually providing rich farmland for humans to use.
  5. A business person who trades things made by other people (artisans) in order to make a profit.
  6. A Powerful group of central Mesopotamia from about 2350 BCE to 2050 BCE highlighted by the rise of Sargon the Great.
  7. The most well known Mesopotamian group rose to power around 1800 BCE and dominated region until the Persians took over in 529 BCE.
  8. Metal tool that is used to carve open the ground planting - likely dates back to about 3200 BCE. Revolutionary invention in the development of farming.
  9. A person who has the ability to write in ancient times. Often used to keep records for the government.
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  1. A method in which water is supplied to plants at regular intervals for agriculture.
  2. One of the earliest forms of writing developed by mankind.
  3. A small independant city that operates like a tiny country. Controls city and lands surrounding with own government.
  4. A man-made earthen wall designed to keep a river within its bank or to separate different farm fields.
  5. The “land between the rivers” a general names for the area and the people where civilization first developed.
  6. Also called the cradle of civilization, an area of modern day Iraq, Syria and Turkey where human civilization developed.
  7. Believed to the world’s oldest story that dates back to at least 2100 BCE. The story is known to have influence many Bible stories.
  8. A worker in a skilled trade that involves making things by hand. This was a specialization of labor where people focused on makings things to support society.
  9. The world's oldest complete Code of Law. Created around 1800 BCE in Babylon, the laws listed crime and punishments.
  10. Thought to be the first civilization in human history, dating back to 3500 BCE, this southern Mesopotamian group developed many things later groups advanced.
  11. A powerful group of northern Mesopotamians from about 2300 BCE to 1800 BCE.

20 Clues: A society or family that is based around the males. • The belief in multiple gods or goddesses in religion. • One of the earliest forms of writing developed by mankind. • A powerful group of northern Mesopotamians from about 2300 BCE to 1800 BCE. • A method in which water is supplied to plants at regular intervals for agriculture. • ...

Ancient Mesopotamia 2024-01-25

Ancient Mesopotamia crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A mix of tin and copper
  2. Where city government ruled the city as well as farmland around it
  3. Writing that uses wedge-shaped characters
  4. The belief in more than one god
  5. the S in G.R.A.P.E.S.
  6. A type of government in which rulers were political and religious leaders
  7. Epic hero on a quest for immortality in ancient Mesopotamian literature.
  8. Continuous period when an area gets less than its normal amount of rain
  9. Ancient Akkadian ruler, considered the first empire builder.
  10. Babylonian king known for his code of laws.
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  1. The E in G.R.A.P.E.S.
  2. The P in G.R.A.P.E.S.
  3. The A in G.R.A.P.E.S.
  4. A rectangular stepped pyramid with a temple on top
  5. Sumerian god of water, wisdom, and creation
  6. A group of territories ruled by one single ruler or state
  7. The R in G.R.A.P.E.S.
  8. Type of soil made of fine bits of clay and sand
  9. An upright stone slab or pillar engraved with an inscription or design
  10. Channels and ditches that supply water to crops
  11. Able to support the growth of strong, healthy plants
  12. The G in G.R.A.P.E.S.
  13. A sequence of rulers from the same family

23 Clues: The E in G.R.A.P.E.S. • The P in G.R.A.P.E.S. • The A in G.R.A.P.E.S. • The R in G.R.A.P.E.S. • the S in G.R.A.P.E.S. • The G in G.R.A.P.E.S. • A mix of tin and copper • The belief in more than one god • Writing that uses wedge-shaped characters • A sequence of rulers from the same family • Sumerian god of water, wisdom, and creation • Babylonian king known for his code of laws. • ...

Ancient Mesopotamia 2024-03-13

Ancient Mesopotamia crossword puzzle
Across
  1. money paid to the government
  2. an organized society
  3. belief in one god
  4. the ruler of an empire
  5. an organized system of making laws and keeping order
  6. people who bought and sold goods
  7. many kingdoms combined under one ruler
  8. the spreading of culture and ideas to other places
  9. a lasting innovation from the Phoenicians
  10. dividing the people by wealth, knowledge, or influence
  11. special agreement
  12. the religion of the Jewish people
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  1. new ideas or products that make life easier
  2. ten laws given to Abraham by God
  3. a settlement away from another country but controlled by that country
  4. a lasting innovation from the Lydians
  5. the first five books of the Bible
  6. a writer
  7. large temples made of mud-bricks
  8. an extensive list of rules that allowed 'eye for an eye' justice
  9. rule by a king or queen
  10. fair treatment for everyone
  11. extra amount
  12. using skills and knowledge to make tools
  13. a city or village and its surrounding farmland

25 Clues: a writer • extra amount • belief in one god • special agreement • an organized society • the ruler of an empire • rule by a king or queen • fair treatment for everyone • money paid to the government • ten laws given to Abraham by God • large temples made of mud-bricks • people who bought and sold goods • the first five books of the Bible • the religion of the Jewish people • ...

Mesopotamia Crossword 2023-10-25

Mesopotamia Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A way to bring water to crops
  2. The first writing that was made.
  3. Iraq
  4. people who make swords for soldiers
  5. The best king
  6. The monster who lives in the cedar forest
  7. Some one who fights in the war
  8. Works for the king
  9. 300ft
  10. some one who moves around a lot
  11. Gilgamesh was a god, but what type
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  1. A religious leader
  2. A city which lived in between Euphrates and Tigrus
  3. Some one who sells stuff or trades for stuff
  4. Some one who makes decisions for war
  5. Gilgamesh loved seeing people make this
  6. better then the king
  7. Best friends with Gilgamesh
  8. Made Gigamesh a demigod
  9. stars

20 Clues: Iraq • 300ft • stars • The best king • A religious leader • Works for the king • better then the king • Made Gigamesh a demigod • Best friends with Gilgamesh • A way to bring water to crops • Some one who fights in the war • some one who moves around a lot • The first writing that was made. • Gilgamesh was a god, but what type • people who make swords for soldiers • ...

Mesopotamia Review 2024-11-20

Mesopotamia Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Mesopotamian storm god (74)
  2. One of the main rivers of the Fertile Crescent (page 70)
  3. 1,500 mile long road in Persian empire (88)
  4. Sumerian writing (76)
  5. pyramid-shaped temple (74)
  6. Epic of _________ (76)
  7. belief in many gods (74)
  8. Tin and copper combine to produce this (72)
  9. Especially fine and fertile soil (70)
  10. Sympathy for belief of others (88)
Down
  1. Persian rules, ____ the Great (88)
  2. Phoenicians means "______ dye people) (87)
  3. First written laws, Code of _______ (80)
  4. partnerships (80)
  5. watering fields using human made systems (70)
  6. A class system based on power and wealth (73)
  7. _____ food gave Mesopotamianstime to learn new skills
  8. holy place for statues (74)
  9. Phoenicians made one from 22 letters (87)
  10. __driven plow that was used to break up hard soil (70)
  11. Mesopotamia's first civilization (72)

21 Clues: partnerships (80) • Sumerian writing (76) • Epic of _________ (76) • belief in many gods (74) • pyramid-shaped temple (74) • Mesopotamian storm god (74) • holy place for statues (74) • Persian rules, ____ the Great (88) • Sympathy for belief of others (88) • Especially fine and fertile soil (70) • Mesopotamia's first civilization (72) • First written laws, Code of _______ (80) • ...

Ancient Mesopotamia 2025-01-11

Ancient Mesopotamia crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The basis or groundwork
  2. Raise and grow seeds
  3. Establishing a community
  4. Advanced human societies
  5. Barren desert
  6. Use of advanced tools and techniques
  7. Silt enriched soil
  8. Important river in Ancient Mesopotamia
  9. Fruitful and fertile
  10. Something handed down
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  1. Lowland
  2. Emerging early groups
  3. Moving from place to place
  4. Waterway
  5. Periodic
  6. Very old
  7. Make alterations
  8. Assets that can be used
  9. Densely populated
  10. Storm god

20 Clues: Lowland • Waterway • Periodic • Very old • Storm god • Barren desert • Make alterations • Densely populated • Silt enriched soil • Raise and grow seeds • Fruitful and fertile • Emerging early groups • Something handed down • The basis or groundwork • Assets that can be used • Establishing a community • Advanced human societies • Moving from place to place • Use of advanced tools and techniques • ...

Ancient Mesopotamia 2025-10-10

Ancient Mesopotamia crossword puzzle
Across
  1. seizing control by force or war
  2. a rich, curved area in the Middle East where some of the first farming and cities began
  3. low land with a river, often good for farming
  4. one of the first written legal system. 282 laws were carved on huge stones and place in public view
  5. a building where people worship their gods and goddesses
  6. the first writing system, using wedge-shaped marks pressed into clay tablets
  7. beliefs and practices about gods, world, and how people should live
  8. Akkadian leader who established the world’s first empire
  9. a vast area with one ruler who controls diverse people and lands
  10. designing and building structures: houses, temples, palaces
  11. urban societies; large groups in cities with government, culture, and technology
  12. something handed down from the past, like ideas, inventions or traditions
  13. trained group protecting an expanding country or empire, often by fighting
  14. relating to Akkad, the first empire in Mesopotamia, or its people and lands
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  1. a place where books, tablets, or scrolls are collected for reading and learning
  2. the spreading of ideas, customs, and technologies from one culture to another
  3. a city with its own government and laws
  4. recording words, ideas, and information for sharing and remembering
  5. tools and inventions that are problem-solving and life easing
  6. a great or important thing someone had done or created
  7. the study of the Earth’s land, water, and how people interact with their environment
  8. famous Babylonian king who created an early set of written laws
  9. the study of stars, planets, and space beyond earth
  10. a huge, stepped tower built as a temple in Sumerian cities
  11. a system for bringing water to crops to help them grow, especially in dry places

25 Clues: seizing control by force or war • a city with its own government and laws • low land with a river, often good for farming • the study of stars, planets, and space beyond earth • a great or important thing someone had done or created • a building where people worship their gods and goddesses • Akkadian leader who established the world’s first empire • ...

Mesopotamia review 2025-09-29

Mesopotamia review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. army a permanent army of professional soldiers
  2. a state containing several countries or territories
  3. a weekly day of rest
  4. a good or service sold within a country that is produced in another country
  5. the southern part of ancient Mesopotamia
  6. person believed to be chosen by God to bring truth to the people
  7. a binding agreement
  8. separation from one’s homeland
  9. a state consisting of a city and its surrounding territory
  10. trait an idea or way of doing things that is common in a certain culture
  11. to trade goods or services in exchange for other goods or services
  12. the escape of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt
  13. a payment made to show loyalty to a stronger power
  14. an order to do something
  15. a Jewish religious teacher
  16. a small set of letters or symbols, each of which stands for a single sound
  17. a group of soldiers who fight while riding horses
  18. very small particles left as sediment from water
  19. in the Hebrew Bible, a leader who could rally the Israelites to defend their land
  20. a language made up of or written with marks or letters shaped like wedges
  21. to supply land and crops with water
  22. Jewish communities outside the ancient Jewish homeland, from a Greek word meaning dispersion, or scattering
  23. diffusion the spreading of cultural traits from one culture to another
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  1. fairness or fair treatment
  2. belief in a single god
  3. Jewish house of worship
  4. the art of steering a ship from place to place
  5. belief in or worship of more than one god
  6. acting or living in a way that is ethically right and obeys God’s laws
  7. of law the idea that all members of a society must obey the law; key part of modern democratic principles
  8. beliefs about what is right and wrong
  9. a good or service produced within a country and sold outside of that country’s borders
  10. a group of people living in a new territory with ties to a distant state
  11. an independent state that works with other states to achieve a shared military or political goal
  12. Crescent semicircle of fertile land created by the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers that stretches from the southeastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea through the Syrian Desert north of Arabia to the Persian Gulf
  13. a grand stone pillar
  14. Code a set of laws that governed life in the Babylonian Empire
  15. money that is used as a medium of exchange, usually bills or coins
  16. the collection of oral teachings and commentaries about the Hebrew Bible and Jewish law
  17. a region in the Middle East near the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
  18. the first five books of the Hebrew Bible
  19. a tall temple pyramid in ancient Mesopotamia with outside staircases and a shrine at the top

42 Clues: a binding agreement • a weekly day of rest • a grand stone pillar • belief in a single god • Jewish house of worship • an order to do something • fairness or fair treatment • a Jewish religious teacher • separation from one’s homeland • to supply land and crops with water • beliefs about what is right and wrong • the southern part of ancient Mesopotamia • ...

La Mesopotamia 2017-10-17

La Mesopotamia crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Dove venivano segnata la scrittura
  2. Importante invenzione dei Sumeri
  3. Popolo che vive in Mesopotamia
  4. La casa di Dio
  5. Disegno che rappresentava un prodotto
  6. Dio dell'aria
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  1. La regione compresa tra il Tigri e l'Eufrate
  2. di Sumer Area dove vivevano i Sumeri
  3. Importante città-Stato dei Sumeri
  4. Dio della volta celeste
  5. Colui che sapeva leggere e scrivere
  6. Segni che rappresentavano un'azione
  7. Ulteriore invenzione dei Sumeri
  8. Residenza del sovrano

14 Clues: Dio dell'aria • La casa di Dio • Residenza del sovrano • Dio della volta celeste • Popolo che vive in Mesopotamia • Ulteriore invenzione dei Sumeri • Importante invenzione dei Sumeri • Importante città-Stato dei Sumeri • Dove venivano segnata la scrittura • Colui che sapeva leggere e scrivere • Segni che rappresentavano un'azione • Disegno che rappresentava un prodotto • ...

LA PREISTORIA E LA MESOPOTAMIA 2017-11-20

LA PREISTORIA E LA MESOPOTAMIA crossword puzzle
Across
  1. UNICO CONTINENTE
  2. POPOLO CHE VIVE IN MESOPOTAMIA
  3. SCAMBIO DI PRODOTTI DELLA TERRA
  4. IL PRIMO OMINIDE
  5. DOVE VENIVA SEGNATA LA SCRITTURA
  6. LEGA FORMATA DA STAGNO E ZINCO
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  1. EPOCA IN CUI NON SI CONOSCEVA LA SCRITTURA
  2. CASE COSTRUITE IN RIVA AL FIUME
  3. LA REGIONE COMPRESA TRA IL TIGRI E L'EUFRATE
  4. LA CASA DI DIO
  5. IMPORTANTE INVENZIONE DEI SUMERI
  6. DIO DELLA VOLTA CELESTE
  7. IL NOME DELL'AUSTRALOPITECO RITROVATO NEL 1974
  8. RESIDENZA DEL SOVRANO

14 Clues: LA CASA DI DIO • UNICO CONTINENTE • IL PRIMO OMINIDE • RESIDENZA DEL SOVRANO • DIO DELLA VOLTA CELESTE • POPOLO CHE VIVE IN MESOPOTAMIA • LEGA FORMATA DA STAGNO E ZINCO • CASE COSTRUITE IN RIVA AL FIUME • SCAMBIO DI PRODOTTI DELLA TERRA • IMPORTANTE INVENZIONE DEI SUMERI • DOVE VENIVA SEGNATA LA SCRITTURA • EPOCA IN CUI NON SI CONOSCEVA LA SCRITTURA • ...

Unit 1 Extra Credit (The First People, Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt) 2022-09-23

Unit 1 Extra Credit (The First People, Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Egyptian writing system using symbols
  2. one of the rivers near Mesopotamia
  3. the first writing system, made in Mesopotamia flat land between two rivers
  4. explained how the world started
  5. ruled Egypt, chosen by gods
  6. created set of punishments for crimes
  7. empire led by Sargon
  8. the time before writing
  9. rapidly moving water in the Nile River
Down
  1. believing in many gods
  2. most of Egyptian civilization was near here
  3. ways to control the flow of water
  4. early ancestor of modern humans
  5. means "upright man"
  6. structure that divided social classes
  7. continent in which Egpyt is located in
  8. rich soil

17 Clues: rich soil • means "upright man" • empire led by Sargon • believing in many gods • the time before writing • ruled Egypt, chosen by gods • early ancestor of modern humans • explained how the world started • ways to control the flow of water • one of the rivers near Mesopotamia • Egyptian writing system using symbols • structure that divided social classes • ...

Mesopotamia 2021-02-24

Mesopotamia crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ancient kingdom of Ireland
  2. locate of the ancient kingdom of Navarre
  3. inhabitants of an ancient kingdom of northern Mesopotamia may be living in assur or Nineveh
  4. a son of Area the Greek god of war, named after the ancient kingdom of Thrace
  5. capital of the ancient kingdom of Khmer in north west Cambodia
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  1. ancient kingdom of Mesopotamia
  2. member of a Semitic speaking people occupying large parts of Mesopotamia from c2000 BC to c1700 BC
  3. Ancient land of France
  4. Ancient city of Mesopotamia

9 Clues: Ancient land of France • ancient kingdom of Ireland • Ancient city of Mesopotamia • ancient kingdom of Mesopotamia • locate of the ancient kingdom of Navarre • capital of the ancient kingdom of Khmer in north west Cambodia • a son of Area the Greek god of war, named after the ancient kingdom of Thrace • ...

Egypt 2017-04-20

Egypt crossword puzzle
Across
  1. En av to elver som rant gjennom Mesopotamia
  2. Et annet ord for et gudshus
  3. Egyptisk bildeskrift
  4. Et slags papir egypterne lagde
  5. Blanding av jord og sand som ble liggende igjen på jorda etter Nilens oversvømmelser
  6. Faraoene ble begravet her
  7. En viktig oppfinnelse gjort i Mesopotamia
  8. Kongen i Egypt
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  1. Her kan vi lese om Babels tårn
  2. Verdens lengste elv
  3. En død kropp som har blitt balsamert
  4. Skrift oppfunnet av sumererne
  5. Egypternes viktigste Gud
  6. Viktig tall i sumerernes tallsystem
  7. Hengende ........

15 Clues: Kongen i Egypt • Hengende ........ • Verdens lengste elv • Egyptisk bildeskrift • Egypternes viktigste Gud • Faraoene ble begravet her • Et annet ord for et gudshus • Skrift oppfunnet av sumererne • Her kan vi lese om Babels tårn • Et slags papir egypterne lagde • Viktig tall i sumerernes tallsystem • En død kropp som har blitt balsamert • En viktig oppfinnelse gjort i Mesopotamia • ...

Ancient Egypt and Mythology 2022-09-06

Ancient Egypt and Mythology crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A impotent river in Mesopotamia
  2. writing system of pictures
  3. Place where kings and queens were buried
  4. A river that would flood fiercely
  5. To stay away from the world
  6. Ancient north African country
  7. Osiris son
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  1. The King of Egypt
  2. A great ancient civilization from Arabia
  3. Both God and Man
  4. mother of fertility
  5. A river that is the lifeblood in Egypt
  6. Ideas that influenced Politics, Arts,
  7. A giant building with ancient items
  8. A place where rich Egyptians were buried

15 Clues: Osiris son • Both God and Man • The King of Egypt • mother of fertility • writing system of pictures • To stay away from the world • Ancient north African country • A impotent river in Mesopotamia • A river that would flood fiercely • A giant building with ancient items • Ideas that influenced Politics, Arts, • A river that is the lifeblood in Egypt • ...

Phoenecian Crossword Puzzle 2024-03-08

Phoenecian Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What they traded
  2. What were the interests of the Phoenician and Hebrew
  3. What did Phoenician colonies eventually become?
  4. What were some resources and skills the Phoenician people used to help them control trade.
  5. Built Jerusalem together
  6. Where they wrote their books
  7. Descendants of Judah
Down
  1. A bridge that connected Egypt and Mesopotamia
  2. Formal agreements between nations
  3. The Phoinikeia Grammata
  4. Putting things together
  5. Most important prophet in Hebrew
  6. What they used to make purple
  7. Ancient Mesopotamia coin
  8. What they drank

15 Clues: What they drank • What they traded • Descendants of Judah • The Phoinikeia Grammata • Putting things together • Ancient Mesopotamia coin • Built Jerusalem together • Where they wrote their books • What they used to make purple • Most important prophet in Hebrew • Formal agreements between nations • A bridge that connected Egypt and Mesopotamia • ...

Ancient History Crossword 2021-01-27

Ancient History Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A skilled crafts-person; an important part of Mesopotamias middle class.
  2. A city that, with its surrounding territory, forms an independent state.
  3. A person who Buys and sells goods
  4. Something some people thought was more important than war
  5. Present day Mesopotamia
  6. A long poem that tells the heroic deeds of a character
  7. A professional writer writes things down. In Mesopotamia, talented boys learned to read and write cuneiform on clay tablets, and to do mathematics.
  8. The land between the two rivers
  9. Massive, Mespotamian pyramid-shaped, stepped tower and temple made of mud bricks.
  10. King or queen;single head of a government
Down
  1. The capital of Babylonia
  2. Patricles of fertile soil
  3. Has a set of laws named after him
  4. The name of it is similar to a season
  5. Groups of countries united under the power of a single ruler.
  6. First writing, created around 3000 B.C., created by the Sumerians, written with reed stylus on clay by trained scribes.
  7. A society with cities, a central government, job specialization, social classes, writing, systems of trade, transportation, religion, and architecture.
  8. The belief in many gods

18 Clues: Present day Mesopotamia • The belief in many gods • The capital of Babylonia • Patricles of fertile soil • The land between the two rivers • Has a set of laws named after him • A person who Buys and sells goods • The name of it is similar to a season • King or queen;single head of a government • A long poem that tells the heroic deeds of a character • ...

Egypt and Mesopotamia 2022-10-23

Egypt and Mesopotamia crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The Western river of Mesopotamia
  2. The capital of Mesopotamia
  3. A place surounded by water
  4. The Eastern river of Mesopotamia
Down
  1. Egyptian writing
  2. An Egyptian king
  3. Built by Egyptian slaves
  4. Egypts gift

8 Clues: Egypts gift • Egyptian writing • An Egyptian king • Built by Egyptian slaves • The capital of Mesopotamia • A place surounded by water • The Western river of Mesopotamia • The Eastern river of Mesopotamia

Daily Crossword 2022-09-29

Daily Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. gamut
  2. corvid
  3. peturbing
  4. NYC
  5. determined
  6. pale
  7. river
  8. improve
  9. architectural
  10. funny
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  1. unlawful killing
  2. feminine
  3. director
  4. between rivers
  5. swamp
  6. irish dog breed
  7. yellow family
  8. trojan
  9. beliefs
  10. cows

20 Clues: NYC • pale • cows • gamut • swamp • river • funny • corvid • trojan • beliefs • improve • feminine • director • peturbing • determined • yellow family • architectural • between rivers • irish dog breed • unlawful killing

Writing and city life crossword 2020-08-10

Writing and city life crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. in Iraq EUPHRATES
  2. know civilisation of Mesopotamia SUMER
  3. in many god or goodness POLYTHEISM
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  1. mesopotamia an empire ASSYRIA
  2. written HAMMURABI
  3. empire AKKAD
  4. form of writing CUNEIFORM
  5. in present day Iraq MESOPOTAMIA

8 Clues: empire AKKAD • written HAMMURABI • in Iraq EUPHRATES • form of writing CUNEIFORM • mesopotamia an empire ASSYRIA • in present day Iraq MESOPOTAMIA • in many god or goodness POLYTHEISM • know civilisation of Mesopotamia SUMER

Mesopotamia 2025-11-04

Mesopotamia crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - the amount of letters in cuneiform writing.
  2. - the river located north near Mesopotamia.
  3. - a religious pyramid shaped tower with a temple on the top.
  4. - a group of merchants traveling together.
  5. - a group of many different lands under one ruler.
  6. - where Mesopotamia was once located.
Down
  1. - when you believe in multiple gods.
  2. - a person who studies the stars,planets,and the moon.
  3. - the river located south near Mesopotamia.
  4. - the king of Babylon who created the code of laws.
  5. - a long poem that tells a story about a hero.

11 Clues: - when you believe in multiple gods. • - where Mesopotamia was once located. • - a group of merchants traveling together. • - the river located south near Mesopotamia. • - the river located north near Mesopotamia. • - the amount of letters in cuneiform writing. • - a long poem that tells a story about a hero. • - a group of many different lands under one ruler. • ...

Historia 2021-11-20

Historia crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Primera revolución económica
  2. Forma de escritura en Egipto
  3. Funcionario egipcio especialista en escribir
  4. Lugar donde nace la escritura,significa tierra entre ríos
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  1. Primer código de leyes
  2. Forma de escritura en Mesopotamia
  3. Invento que marca el inicio de la historia
  4. Uno de los dos ríos de Mesopotamia
  5. Santuario mesopotámico morada de los dioses

9 Clues: Primer código de leyes • Primera revolución económica • Forma de escritura en Egipto • Forma de escritura en Mesopotamia • Uno de los dos ríos de Mesopotamia • Invento que marca el inicio de la historia • Santuario mesopotámico morada de los dioses • Funcionario egipcio especialista en escribir • Lugar donde nace la escritura,significa tierra entre ríos

Mesopotamia Vocabulary 2022-01-13

Mesopotamia Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the sand or clay found at the bottom of rivers
  2. A city in Ancient Mesopotamia
  3. the first writing system, created in Mesopotamia
  4. a large number of states unified under a single ruler
  5. a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.
  6. an ancient Mesopotamian temple used to worship their gods found in the middle of city-states
  7. crescent area of good farmland between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers where the first civilization began
  8. The land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
  9. man made waterway
Down
  1. A pointed tool for writing or drawing
  2. a wall of earth built to prevent a river from flooding
  3. a person in society who can read/write things down
  4. to supply the land with water by using things like pipes and hoses
  5. A creation of something new that has never been made before
  6. the belief in or worship of more than one god.

15 Clues: man made waterway • A city in Ancient Mesopotamia • A pointed tool for writing or drawing • the sand or clay found at the bottom of rivers • the belief in or worship of more than one god. • the first writing system, created in Mesopotamia • The land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers • a person in society who can read/write things down • ...

STORIA SUMERA 2018-12-19

STORIA SUMERA crossword puzzle
Across
  1. DIO PROTETTORE DEI SUMERI
  2. RIALZO DEL LETTO DI UN FIUME
  3. CREDENTI DI MOLTE DIVINITà
  4. REGIONE TRA IL TIGRI E L'EUFRATE
  5. UOMO BENESTANTE CHE SAPEVA LEGGERE E SCRIVERE
  6. CITTà PIù IMPORTANTE DELLA MESOPOTAMIA
  7. SEGNò IL PASSAGGIO TRA LA PREISTORIA E LA STORIA
  8. LUOGO DI PREGHIERA
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  1. DEVIA L'ACQUA DEL FIUME IN ECCESSO
  2. FANGO RICCO DI SOSTANZA NUTRITIVE
  3. UOMO CHE SI SPOSTA CONTINUAMENTE
  4. PRIMA FORMA DI SCRITTURA SUMERA
  5. CAPO DELLA CITTA STATO SUMERA
  6. LAMA DELL'ARATRO CHE SCAVA NEL TERRENO
  7. COSTRUZIONE SIMBOLO DEL POTERE SUMERO
  8. DOVE SI CUSTODISCONO LE SCORTE AGRICOLE
  9. SCAMBIO DI PRODOTTI
  10. SIGNIFICA PAESE COLTIVATO

18 Clues: LUOGO DI PREGHIERA • SCAMBIO DI PRODOTTI • DIO PROTETTORE DEI SUMERI • SIGNIFICA PAESE COLTIVATO • CREDENTI DI MOLTE DIVINITà • RIALZO DEL LETTO DI UN FIUME • CAPO DELLA CITTA STATO SUMERA • PRIMA FORMA DI SCRITTURA SUMERA • UOMO CHE SI SPOSTA CONTINUAMENTE • REGIONE TRA IL TIGRI E L'EUFRATE • FANGO RICCO DI SOSTANZA NUTRITIVE • DEVIA L'ACQUA DEL FIUME IN ECCESSO • ...

River Valley Vocab 2022-08-29

River Valley Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The Indus civilization
  2. Well known structures in Egypt
  3. State Independent state
  4. Crescent The cradle of civilization
  5. A king of ancient Mesopotamia
  6. The rainy seasons
  7. Rulers of a country
  8. The writing used in Mesopotamia
Down
  1. Diffusion The combining of cultures
  2. Belief in more than one God
  3. Things used as paper
  4. When priests rule in the name of God
  5. A ruler of ancient egypt

13 Clues: The rainy seasons • Rulers of a country • Things used as paper • The Indus civilization • State Independent state • A ruler of ancient egypt • Belief in more than one God • A king of ancient Mesopotamia • Well known structures in Egypt • The writing used in Mesopotamia • Diffusion The combining of cultures • Crescent The cradle of civilization • When priests rule in the name of God

Mesopotamia Terms - Spanish 2022-11-13

Mesopotamia Terms - Spanish crossword puzzle
Across
  1. uno de los ríos de Mesopotamia
  2. uno de los ríos de Mesopotamia
  3. uno de los principales inventos de los sumerios
  4. Amorreos (árabes) que conquistaron mesopotamia
  5. primer sistema de escritura con marcas en forma de cuña y
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  1. un arco de tierra fértil en Mesopotamia
  2. los primeros pobladores de Mesopotamia (4000 bce)
  3. el nombre actual de esta región
  4. un rey; escribió las primeras leyes conocidas

9 Clues: uno de los ríos de Mesopotamia • uno de los ríos de Mesopotamia • el nombre actual de esta región • un arco de tierra fértil en Mesopotamia • un rey; escribió las primeras leyes conocidas • Amorreos (árabes) que conquistaron mesopotamia • uno de los principales inventos de los sumerios • los primeros pobladores de Mesopotamia (4000 bce) • ...

Mesopotamia 2021-09-22

Mesopotamia crossword puzzle
Across
  1. group of many different lands under one ruler
  2. independent state made up of a city and the surrounding land and villages
  3. building walls, waterways, and ditches to water crops
  4. the land between two rivers
  5. record keepers
  6. king of the Akkadian who conquered all of Mesopotamia in 2340 BC
Down
  1. Babylonian king who created the Babylonian Empire in 1792 BC
  2. complex societies
  3. skilled workers who made metal products, cloth, or pottery
  4. Sumerian writing system made up of wedge-shaped markings
  5. region in southern Mesopotamia where many cities were formed in 3000 BC

11 Clues: record keepers • complex societies • the land between two rivers • group of many different lands under one ruler • building walls, waterways, and ditches to water crops • Sumerian writing system made up of wedge-shaped markings • skilled workers who made metal products, cloth, or pottery • Babylonian king who created the Babylonian Empire in 1792 BC • ...

Code of Hammurabi 2022-10-14

Code of Hammurabi crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a set of guidelines or rules for a civilization
  2. we can use Hammurabi's Code to learn more about _____ in Ancient Mesopotamia
  3. Hammurabi strengthened this to help fight off attacks from neighboring kingdoms
  4. the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
  5. a kingdom that rose after the fall of the Akkadians in Mesopotamia
  6. an eight-foot stone with the laws Hammurabi found most important for his kingdom
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  1. partnerships with other civilizations
  2. the first king of Babylon
  3. an _____ for an ______
  4. making sure crimes have a proper consequence
  5. works, construction projects that benefit a community
  6. of Hammurabi the first written code of laws

12 Clues: an _____ for an ______ • the first king of Babylon • partnerships with other civilizations • of Hammurabi the first written code of laws • making sure crimes have a proper consequence • a set of guidelines or rules for a civilization • the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers • works, construction projects that benefit a community • ...

Sumerians 2023-05-04

Sumerians crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the supply of water to land or crops.
  2. land bethttps://crosswordlabs.com/edit/sumerians-12#ween two rivers
  3. the first civilization in the Fertile Crescent
  4. the first writers they wrote in clay tablets.
  5. ancient religious templemeestascargando
Down
  1. to believe in many gods
  2. capital city of the 1st civilization in the mesopotamia
  3. fertile place around the Mesopotamia.
  4. a long period without rain.
  5. fsddbgfdngfdyjfdjftdfghdthfhcgdxghcxtrgdx5xtxvg5x hysdsnysgsbsbrrt material carried by running water and deposited as a sediment

10 Clues: to believe in many gods • a long period without rain. • fertile place around the Mesopotamia. • the supply of water to land or crops. • ancient religious templemeestascargando • the first writers they wrote in clay tablets. • the first civilization in the Fertile Crescent • capital city of the 1st civilization in the mesopotamia • ...

Cruciverba sulla Mesopotamia 2023-11-08

Cruciverba sulla Mesopotamia crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Torre polifunzionale con in sommità un santuario
  2. Si trova tra i fiumi Tigri ed Eufrate
  3. Erano i soli a svolgere i riti divini
  4. Il primo codice di leggi
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  1. La forma della regione fertile definita la "culla della civiltà"fertile
  2. I sacerdoti osservavano il cielo
  3. Il nome della scrittura dei Sumeri
  4. Si espandono in Mesopotamia verso il 1300 a.C.
  5. Forma di Stato nelle civiltà della Mesopotamia
  6. Redazione di documenti pubblici, registri e contabili

10 Clues: Il primo codice di leggi • I sacerdoti osservavano il cielo • Il nome della scrittura dei Sumeri • Si trova tra i fiumi Tigri ed Eufrate • Erano i soli a svolgere i riti divini • Si espandono in Mesopotamia verso il 1300 a.C. • Forma di Stato nelle civiltà della Mesopotamia • Torre polifunzionale con in sommità un santuario • ...

Mesopotamia Vocabulary 2022-01-13

Mesopotamia Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A city in Ancient Mesopotamia
  2. a person in society who can read/write things down
  3. an ancient Mesopotamian temple used to worship their gods found in the middle of city-states
  4. the sand or clay found at the bottom of rivers
  5. a large number of states unified under a single ruler
  6. A pointed tool for writing or drawing
  7. to supply the land with water by using things like pipes and hoses
Down
  1. a wall of earth built to prevent a river from flooding
  2. The land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
  3. the first writing system, created in Mesopotamia
  4. A creation of something new that has never been made before
  5. a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.
  6. crescent area of good farmland between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers where the first civilization began
  7. the belief in or worship of more than one god.
  8. man made waterway

15 Clues: man made waterway • A city in Ancient Mesopotamia • A pointed tool for writing or drawing • the sand or clay found at the bottom of rivers • the belief in or worship of more than one god. • The land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers • the first writing system, created in Mesopotamia • a person in society who can read/write things down • ...

Mesopotamia crossword 2021-12-08

Mesopotamia crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. king who made the worlds first written laws
  2. the worship of many gods
  3. circular, mesopatamian invention
  4. largest working class
  5. where priests preformed offerings to gods
  6. communicated with gods
  7. a long poem telling the story of a hero
  8. means the land between two rivers
  9. the highest in the social class
Down
  1. people who traded with other city-states
  2. people who grew and sold crops
  3. the science of building
  4. brought the water to crops
  5. ruler who took over nearly all of Mesopotamia
  6. one of the two mesopatamian rivers
  7. a organised society
  8. worlds first written language
  9. tool that prepared soil for farming
  10. one of the two mesopatamian rivers

19 Clues: a organised society • largest working class • communicated with gods • the science of building • the worship of many gods • brought the water to crops • worlds first written language • people who grew and sold crops • the highest in the social class • circular, mesopatamian invention • means the land between two rivers • one of the two mesopatamian rivers • ...

Legacies 2022-05-23

Legacies crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Language of Science
  2. Makam Firaun
  3. Raja Babilonia yang menyusun kitab undang-undang
  4. Key to translate Hieroglyphs
  5. Things that always point north
  6. The earliest writing system
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  1. Bangunan religi Peradaban Mesopotamia
  2. The First Emperor of China
  3. Ancient mesopotamia epic tale
  4. Roman ancient road
  5. Penemuan terbesar di Valley of the kings
  6. Peradaban Mesir disebut juga sebagai the gift of ...
  7. Amphitheater raksasa di Roma

13 Clues: Makam Firaun • Roman ancient road • Language of Science • The First Emperor of China • The earliest writing system • Amphitheater raksasa di Roma • Key to translate Hieroglyphs • Ancient mesopotamia epic tale • Things that always point north • Bangunan religi Peradaban Mesopotamia • Penemuan terbesar di Valley of the kings • Raja Babilonia yang menyusun kitab undang-undang • ...

Super Secret Letter 2024-09-12

Super Secret Letter crossword puzzle
Across
  1. liayrhgco
  2. emtroraoifn
  3. cmtecndxaomuie
  4. uhammmda
  5. omatsi
  6. umianhsm
  7. hotoemmins
  8. andigsh
  9. eommaoasipt
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  1. eligilsma
  2. racfscone thcrerap
  3. heapiisonnc
  4. odce fo muhmabrui
  5. oficnimnaucs
  6. atscicmeh
  7. usadmefil
  8. auamnry epemri
  9. elptpsoowne
  10. obtnilyi

19 Clues: omatsi • andigsh • uhammmda • umianhsm • obtnilyi • eligilsma • liayrhgco • atscicmeh • usadmefil • hotoemmins • heapiisonnc • emtroraoifn • elptpsoowne • eommaoasipt • oficnimnaucs • cmtecndxaomuie • auamnry epemri • odce fo muhmabrui • racfscone thcrerap

Le civiltà dei fiumi 2021-05-15

Le civiltà dei fiumi crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Li allevavano i Cinesi
  2. E' ritenuto discendente di Ra
  3. Saggio cinese che insegnava l'armonia tra le persone
  4. Ha scritto il primo codice di leggi
  5. Abbellivano Babilonia
  6. Così gli egizi immaginavano i loro dei
  7. Il materiale delle tavolette per scrivere della Mesopotamia
  8. Ci dà notizie di molti popoli antichi
  9. Ishtar era la sua porta di accesso principale
  10. nasce sul "tetto del mondo"
  11. Il limo del Fiume Giallo
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  1. Li crearono i cinesi per coltivare sui monti
  2. Un fiume della Mesopotamia
  3. L'edificio più importante delle città sumere
  4. Usavano torri d'assalto mobili
  5. Non lo possedevano gli Indi
  6. Sfocia nel Mediterraneo
  7. Dea della fertilità degli Indi
  8. Il dio della pesatura del cuore

19 Clues: Abbellivano Babilonia • Li allevavano i Cinesi • Sfocia nel Mediterraneo • Il limo del Fiume Giallo • Un fiume della Mesopotamia • Non lo possedevano gli Indi • nasce sul "tetto del mondo" • E' ritenuto discendente di Ra • Usavano torri d'assalto mobili • Dea della fertilità degli Indi • Il dio della pesatura del cuore • Ha scritto il primo codice di leggi • ...

Le civiltà dei fiumi 2021-05-15

Le civiltà dei fiumi crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Li allevavano i Cinesi
  2. E' ritenuto discendente di Ra
  3. Saggio cinese che insegnava l'armonia tra le persone
  4. Ha scritto il primo codice di leggi
  5. Abbellivano Babilonia
  6. Così gli Egizi immaginavano i loro dei
  7. Il materiale delle tavolette per scrivere della Mesopotamia
  8. Ci dà notizie di molti popoli antichi
  9. Ishtar era la sua porta di accesso principale
  10. nasce sul "tetto del mondo"
  11. Il limo del Fiume Giallo
Down
  1. Li crearono i Cinesi per coltivare sui monti
  2. Un fiume della Mesopotamia
  3. L'edificio più importante delle città sumere
  4. Usavano torri d'assalto mobili
  5. Non lo possedevano gli Indi
  6. Sfocia nel Mediterraneo
  7. Dea della fertilità degli Indi
  8. Il dio della pesatura del cuore

19 Clues: Abbellivano Babilonia • Li allevavano i Cinesi • Sfocia nel Mediterraneo • Il limo del Fiume Giallo • Un fiume della Mesopotamia • Non lo possedevano gli Indi • nasce sul "tetto del mondo" • E' ritenuto discendente di Ra • Usavano torri d'assalto mobili • Dea della fertilità degli Indi • Il dio della pesatura del cuore • Ha scritto il primo codice di leggi • ...

i popoli della Mesopotamia 2023-02-06

i popoli della Mesopotamia crossword puzzle
Across
  1. guardavano le stelle
  2. nella religione i babilonesi erano...
  3. la migliorarono poi gli hittiti
  4. alla base possedevano grandi magazzini
  5. pietra usata nella porta di Ishtar
  6. la porta principale di babilonia
  7. incisioni a forma di triangolo
  8. furono conquistati dai Babilonesi
  9. fiume della Mesopotamia
  10. li usavano i sumeri per irrigare i campi
  11. la seconda capitale degli assiri
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  1. erano trainati dai cavalli
  2. il numero delle leggi scritteda hammurabi
  3. dai babilonesi veniva bevuto in lunghe cannucce
  4. la capitale dei Babilonesi
  5. la prima civiltà che conquistò la mesopotamia
  6. lo usavano gli Assiri per abbattere e mura dei popoli avversari
  7. re babilonese che fu il primo a scrivere leggi
  8. gli Hittiti erano soprattutto...
  9. erano gli unici a saper scrivere

20 Clues: guardavano le stelle • fiume della Mesopotamia • erano trainati dai cavalli • la capitale dei Babilonesi • incisioni a forma di triangolo • la migliorarono poi gli hittiti • la porta principale di babilonia • gli Hittiti erano soprattutto... • erano gli unici a saper scrivere • la seconda capitale degli assiri • furono conquistati dai Babilonesi • ...

Mesopotamia 2023-10-02

Mesopotamia crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an elevated area of flat land.
  2. wedge-shaped characters used in writing several ancient languages.
  3. a professional writer or record keeper
  4. the belief in many gods.
Down
  1. a self-governing unit made up of a city and its surrounding area.
  2. a picture that stands for a word or idea.
  3. a long poem that tells the story of a hero.
  4. a manager or one who directs a government or an organization.
  5. a worker who is skilled in making a particular product by hand.
  6. person who moves from place to place with no permanent home.
  7. a broad area of flat open land.

11 Clues: the belief in many gods. • an elevated area of flat land. • a broad area of flat open land. • a professional writer or record keeper • a picture that stands for a word or idea. • a long poem that tells the story of a hero. • person who moves from place to place with no permanent home. • a manager or one who directs a government or an organization. • ...

mesopotamia 2024-11-21

mesopotamia crossword puzzle
Across
  1. similar to sacred
  2. we don't like this
  3. multiple gods
  4. all kinds of big buildings
  5. some got caned
Down
  1. on papyrus
  2. one specific big building
  3. nepo babies
  4. for water management
  5. a king
  6. on clay tablets

11 Clues: a king • on papyrus • nepo babies • multiple gods • some got caned • on clay tablets • similar to sacred • we don't like this • for water management • one specific big building • all kinds of big buildings

Mesopotamia 2025-12-04

Mesopotamia crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Territorio grande gobernado por un solo líder o gobierno.
  2. Templo en forma de pirámide escalonada construido para honrar a los dioses.
  3. Sistema de escritura con símbolos en forma de cuña usado en Mesopotamia.
  4. Sistema social donde los hombres tienen autoridad principal.
  5. Líderes supremos de las ciudades-estado o imperios mesopotámicos; tomaban decisiones importantes y dirigían ejércitos.
  6. Personas entrenadas para leer y escribir en la sociedad mesopotámica.
  7. Barro fino que dejan los ríos y que hace la tierra fértil.
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  1. Creencia en muchos dioses.
  2. Sistema de traer agua a los cultivos usando canales o zanjas.
  3. Ciudad independiente con su propio gobierno y territorio.
  4. Persona que realizaba rituales y cuidaba los templos; servía como intermediario entre la gente y los dioses.

11 Clues: Creencia en muchos dioses. • Territorio grande gobernado por un solo líder o gobierno. • Ciudad independiente con su propio gobierno y territorio. • Barro fino que dejan los ríos y que hace la tierra fértil. • Sistema social donde los hombres tienen autoridad principal. • Sistema de traer agua a los cultivos usando canales o zanjas. • ...

Mesopotamia 2017-06-06

Mesopotamia crossword puzzle
Across
  1. created in Mesopotamia to measure fields and buildings
  2. The first civilization in Mesopotamia
  3. A society in which men were considered the leaders
  4. Allowed civilization to emerge in Mesopotamia, does not start with an E
Down
  1. Significant spiritual structure in Mesopotamia
  2. Worshipping many gods
  3. His Code is a strict set of laws that Mesopotamians lived by
  4. The earliest system of writing

8 Clues: Worshipping many gods • The earliest system of writing • The first civilization in Mesopotamia • Significant spiritual structure in Mesopotamia • A society in which men were considered the leaders • created in Mesopotamia to measure fields and buildings • His Code is a strict set of laws that Mesopotamians lived by • ...

Mesopotamia Vocab 2021-09-07

Mesopotamia Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. division of society based on rank or class
  2. a writer
  3. belief in many gods
  4. countryside area
  5. a tool used by scribes for writing
  6. ruler of a kingdom or empire
  7. city area
  8. land with multiple territories under one rule
  9. supplying water to land
  10. a pyramid shaped temple tower
  11. city with all its countryside around it
  12. the story of a famous Sumerian king
Down
  1. belief in a singular god
  2. large arc of rich farmland
  3. picture words
  4. a society primarily ruled by men
  5. "between the rivers"
  6. the first form of writing
  7. a society primarily ruled by women

19 Clues: a writer • city area • picture words • countryside area • belief in many gods • "between the rivers" • supplying water to land • belief in a singular god • the first form of writing • large arc of rich farmland • ruler of a kingdom or empire • a pyramid shaped temple tower • a society primarily ruled by men • a tool used by scribes for writing • a society primarily ruled by women • ...

Mesopotamia Terms 2018-12-10

Mesopotamia Terms crossword puzzle
Across
  1. of Hammurabi - A written code of law from 1772 BC. It was put in place by Babylonian King Hammurabi. It is one of the oldest detailed recordings of a code of law in world history.
  2. - A man-made channel built to carry water from one location to another.
  3. - The chariot was a two wheeled vehicle pulled by horses. It was typically used for warfare and was one of the strengths of the Assyrian army.
  4. - Watering crops through man-made efforts such as ditches and canals.
  5. - A term used to describe the lands between and near the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. It is mostly located in present day Iraq and Syria.
  6. Empire - An empire known for their fierce warriors, the Assyrian Empire rose and fell several times to rule over much of Mesopotamia and the Middle East.
  7. seal - An engraved stone cylinder used to create a seal or signature on clay tablets.
  8. - A large number of states or regions that are ruled by a single leader called the emperor or empress.
  9. Empire - The Akkadian Empire was the world's first empire. It formed when Sargon the Great conquered many of the Sumerian city-states and united them under one leader.
  10. Crescent - A large area of land in the Middle East that is shaped like a crescent on a map. It runs from the Persian Gulf, along the Tigres and Euphrates rivers, over to the Mediterranean Sea, and down the Nile River Valley of Egypt.
Down
  1. - A stringed instrument shaped like a small harp.
  2. - The primary god of the Babylonians.
  3. - A city-state is an independently governed region that is centered around a single powerful city. The civilization of the Sumer was governed by many independent city-states.
  4. - A civilization is an advanced state of human society. Typically a civilization is marked by advanced government, agriculture, science, and culture.
  5. - One of the earliest forms of writing invented by the Sumer. It uses wedge shaped marks to make picture symbols on clay tablets.
  6. - A Sumerian King of the city-state of Uruk. He later became known in mythology as a demigod with superhuman strength.
  7. or Assur - Assur was the original capital city of the Assyrian Empire. It was also the name of the primary god in the Assyrian religion.
  8. Empire - The Babylonian Empire ruled much of Mesopotamia from the city of Babylon. The empire rose and fell over the course of ancient history.
  9. - When one family rules a kingdom or empire for a period of time, passing down the reign to the next generation.

19 Clues: - The primary god of the Babylonians. • - A stringed instrument shaped like a small harp. • - Watering crops through man-made efforts such as ditches and canals. • - A man-made channel built to carry water from one location to another. • seal - An engraved stone cylinder used to create a seal or signature on clay tablets. • ...

Mesopotamia Vocab 2025-01-22

Mesopotamia Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. "The enemy of my enemy is my friend" describes this type of agreement
  2. Fill in: The _____ stretched from the mountains to the sea under one ruler
  3. Tom and Jerry had this type of long-lasting argument
  4. The pyramids are Egypt's _____ to the modern world
  5. If you believe in Ra, Zeus, AND Thor, you practice this
  6. In ancient armies, soldiers dressed this way to show they belonged together
  7. Along the Nile and Euphrates, people turned these plants into "paper"
  8. Mesopotamians climbed the giant steps of these to bring offerings to their gods
  9. If Henry VIII's children became kings and queens after him, they're part of this
  10. The opposite of ordinary or everyday
  11. Ben Hur raced one of these two-wheeled vehicles
Down
  1. How did ancient people "take notes"? Their words were _____ in clay
  2. servant Neither a king nor a slave, but a _____ _____ helped run the empire (2 words)
  3. Like father, like son: this word means traits run in the family
  4. Like emojis today, this ancient writing used pictures that became wedge shapes
  5. Athena and Hera are examples of this type of being
  6. Complete the phrase: Each ancient Mesopotamian _______ had their own laws and rulers
  7. Without computers or pencils, this person recorded the king's words
  8. "My pottery is the finest in all of Babylon!" proclaimed this skilled worker

19 Clues: The opposite of ordinary or everyday • Ben Hur raced one of these two-wheeled vehicles • The pyramids are Egypt's _____ to the modern world • Athena and Hera are examples of this type of being • Tom and Jerry had this type of long-lasting argument • If you believe in Ra, Zeus, AND Thor, you practice this • ...

Mesopotamia Vocabulary 2025-09-13

Mesopotamia Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An area in Southern Mesopotamia where cities first appeared
  2. In ancient times, located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
  3. A characteristic of civilization that includes the beliefs and behaviors of a society or group of people
  4. a person who stays in one place
  5. An ancient Mesopotamian temple tower with outside staircases and a shrine at the top
  6. Wealth sent from one country or ruler to another as a sign that the other is superior
  7. A wall of earth built to prevent a river from flooding its banks
  8. Writing that uses wedge-shaped characters
  9. fine particles of rock
  10. a tax of time
Down
  1. The process of taming a wild animal to use on a farm or in a house
  2. one who moves from place to place with no permanent home
  3. A means of supplying land with water
  4. A military blockade and attack on a city to force it to surrender
  5. a person who writes
  6. An upright slab of stone inscribed with letters and pictures to depict important events
  7. A large territory in which several groups of people are ruled by a single leader or government
  8. a symbol that stands for an object
  9. a craftsperson

19 Clues: a tax of time • a craftsperson • a person who writes • fine particles of rock • a person who stays in one place • a symbol that stands for an object • A means of supplying land with water • Writing that uses wedge-shaped characters • one who moves from place to place with no permanent home • An area in Southern Mesopotamia where cities first appeared • ...

Mesopotamia Crossword puzzle 2025-10-13

Mesopotamia Crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Somebody who studies history through artifacts
  2. one of the first civilizations in mesopotamia
  3. system of moving water
  4. worships multiple gods
  5. created a harsh set of laws
  6. basic unit of civilization in anchient mesopotamia
Down
  1. worships multiple gods
  2. Ancient mesopotamians writing
  3. a place to worship in anchient mesopotamia
  4. man-made object of historical or cultural intrest

10 Clues: worships multiple gods • system of moving water • worships multiple gods • created a harsh set of laws • Ancient mesopotamians writing • a place to worship in anchient mesopotamia • one of the first civilizations in mesopotamia • Somebody who studies history through artifacts • man-made object of historical or cultural intrest • ...

Mesopotamian civilization 2023-06-29

Mesopotamian civilization crossword puzzle
Across
  1. One of the greatest kings of Babylonia
  2. Means 'the hills of heaven'
  3. The theorem which we still use these days which was originated in Mesopotamia
  4. The first civilization
  5. The Occupation of Mesopotamia
  6. The smallest civilization which existed at that point of time
Down
  1. The Babylonian king built this for his wife
  2. The inventor of Akkadian language
  3. The river which flooded the must
  4. One of the biggest Civilization which existed at that point of time

10 Clues: The first civilization • Means 'the hills of heaven' • The Occupation of Mesopotamia • The river which flooded the must • The inventor of Akkadian language • One of the greatest kings of Babylonia • The Babylonian king built this for his wife • The smallest civilization which existed at that point of time • ...

messopitamia crossword puzle 2025-10-10

messopitamia crossword puzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the birth place of civilization
  2. a strict set of laws created by Hammurabi
  3. one of the rivers that ave water to Mesopotamia
  4. where the hanging gardens were supposedly found
  5. the earliest form of writing
Down
  1. the ruler of Babylon
  2. the way to get water from one location to another
  3. a temple of warship to the gods
  4. when a religion warships many gods
  5. the modern day region were most of Mesopotamia was

10 Clues: the ruler of Babylon • the earliest form of writing • the birth place of civilization • a temple of warship to the gods • when a religion warships many gods • a strict set of laws created by Hammurabi • one of the rivers that ave water to Mesopotamia • where the hanging gardens were supposedly found • the way to get water from one location to another • ...

Code of Hammurabi 2022-10-14

Code of Hammurabi crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a set of guidelines or rules for a civilization
  2. we can use Hammurabi's Code to learn more about _____ in Ancient Mesopotamia
  3. Hammurabi strengthened this to help fight off attacks from neighboring kingdoms
  4. the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
  5. a kingdom that rose after the fall of the Akkadians in Mesopotamia
  6. an eight-foot stone with the laws Hammurabi found most important for his kingdom
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  1. partnerships with other civilizations
  2. the first king of Babylon
  3. an _____ for an ______
  4. making sure crimes have a proper consequence
  5. works, construction projects that benefit a community
  6. of Hammurabi, the first written code of laws

12 Clues: an _____ for an ______ • the first king of Babylon • partnerships with other civilizations • making sure crimes have a proper consequence • of Hammurabi, the first written code of laws • a set of guidelines or rules for a civilization • the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers • works, construction projects that benefit a community • ...