mesopotamia Crossword Puzzles
Mesopotamian Crossword Puzzle 2023-09-11
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- One of the two rivers that defined Mesopotamia's boundaries.
- An ancient temple-like structure made of mud bricks.
- An independent city and the surrounding land it controlled.
- A complex society characterized by advanced culture and government.
- The system of writing used in Mesopotamia with wedge-shaped characters.
- Babylonian king known for his code of laws.
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- The people who lived in southern Mesopotamia and developed cuneiform.
- The belief in and worship of multiple deities.
- The cultivation of crops and the rearing of animals for human use.
- The practice of bringing water to fields to grow crops.
- The ancient region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
- The other river that defined Mesopotamia's boundaries.
12 Clues: Babylonian king known for his code of laws. • The belief in and worship of multiple deities. • An ancient temple-like structure made of mud bricks. • The other river that defined Mesopotamia's boundaries. • The practice of bringing water to fields to grow crops. • An independent city and the surrounding land it controlled. • ...
TAMADUN AWAL DUNIA 2023-09-04
Across
- Apakah nama bandar terancang Tamadun Indus (m/s 101)
- Apakah nama ibu kota bagi Kerajaan Pertengahan (m/s99)
- Tamadun apakah yang memberi maksud tanah antara dua sungai (m/s94)
- Dimanakah lokasi tamadun Mesopotamia?
- Nyatakan salah satu aktiviti ekonomi yang dijalankan dalam Tamadun Huang He (m/s103)
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- Dimanakah lokasi tamadun Mesir Purba (m/s 98)
- Antara kerajaan yang terdapat dalam tamadun Mesopotamia ialah... (m/s94)
- Siapakah yang menganggap Tamadun Mesir Purba sebagai Hadiah Sungai Nil (m/s98)
- Apakah gelaran bagi pemerintah Kerajaan Baru (m/s99)
- Sungai apakah yang menyimpan banyak lumpur kekuningan yang subur (m/s102)
- Apakah punca kemerosotan Tamadun Indus? (m/s101)
- Apakah nama bandar bagi pusat Dinasti Shang (m/s103)
12 Clues: Dimanakah lokasi tamadun Mesopotamia? • Dimanakah lokasi tamadun Mesir Purba (m/s 98) • Apakah punca kemerosotan Tamadun Indus? (m/s101) • Apakah nama bandar terancang Tamadun Indus (m/s 101) • Apakah gelaran bagi pemerintah Kerajaan Baru (m/s99) • Apakah nama bandar bagi pusat Dinasti Shang (m/s103) • Apakah nama ibu kota bagi Kerajaan Pertengahan (m/s99) • ...
Chapter 2 Sections 1-2 Mesopotamia 2018-09-18
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- came from Asia Minor and had an understanding of how to make iron weapons
- the Fertile Crescent between the Tigris and Euphrates River
- the earliest known form of writing done by the Sumerians
- Persian who rejected polytheism for a belief in one god, Ahura Mazda
- told story of a great flood that destroyed the world
- most likely the first group of people to use wheeled vehicles
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- the ruler of Persia from 522-4486 BC who was able to unify Persia
- the ruler of Babylon who built an empire of nearly all of Mesopotamia
- a writing system in which each symbol represents a sound
- created the first alphabet
- a territory that is ruled by people from another land
- the religion of Sumer
- the Sumerians had a number system that divided an hour into ________.
- the worlds first civilization that developed around 3300 BC in Mesopotamia
- used to carry water from rivers to fields
- the set of rules and laws created by Hammurabi
- the ruler of Akkad who built the first empire
17 Clues: the religion of Sumer • created the first alphabet • used to carry water from rivers to fields • the ruler of Akkad who built the first empire • the set of rules and laws created by Hammurabi • told story of a great flood that destroyed the world • a territory that is ruled by people from another land • a writing system in which each symbol represents a sound • ...
Peradaban 2024-09-10
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- dewayangdipujamasyarakatmesirkuno
- kastatertinggidisungaiindus
- kotadiYunaniyangberfokuspadaaspekmiliter
- ajaranyangmengatakanjikaseorangrajamelanggarhukumharusditurunkandaritakhtanya
- bangsaasliperadabansungaiindus
- Rajamesopotamiayangmenghasilkanhukumtertulis
- sungaiyangmengairiperadabanmesir
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- julukanrajadiperadabanmesir
- patungberbadansingaberkepalamanusiauntukmenjagapiramida
- ajaransemangatkeadilandalamperadabanTiongkok
- peradabantertuadidunia
- bangsapendatangdiperadabansungaiindus
- makamuntukrajadiperadabanmesir
- kastaterendahdiIndia
- julukanpenasihatauimamagungdiperadabanmesir
15 Clues: kastaterendahdiIndia • peradabantertuadidunia • julukanrajadiperadabanmesir • kastatertinggidisungaiindus • makamuntukrajadiperadabanmesir • bangsaasliperadabansungaiindus • sungaiyangmengairiperadabanmesir • dewayangdipujamasyarakatmesirkuno • bangsapendatangdiperadabansungaiindus • kotadiYunaniyangberfokuspadaaspekmiliter • julukanpenasihatauimamagungdiperadabanmesir • ...
STAY WITH GOD 2020-04-22
Peradaban 2024-09-10
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- dewayangdipujamasyarakatmesirkuno
- kastatertinggidisungaiindus
- kotadiYunaniyangberfokuspadaaspekmiliter
- ajaranyangmengatakanjikaseorangrajamelanggarhukumharusditurunkandaritakhtanya
- bangsaasliperadabansungaiindus
- Rajamesopotamiayangmenghasilkanhukumtertulis
- sungaiyangmengairiperadabanmesir
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- julukanrajadiperadabanmesir
- patungberbadansingaberkepalamanusiauntukmenjagapiramida
- ajaransemangatkeadilandalamperadabanTiongkok
- peradabantertuadidunia
- bangsapendatangdiperadabansungaiindus
- makamuntukrajadiperadabanmesir
- kastaterendahdiIndia
- julukanpenasihatauimamagungdiperadabanmesir
15 Clues: kastaterendahdiIndia • peradabantertuadidunia • julukanrajadiperadabanmesir • kastatertinggidisungaiindus • makamuntukrajadiperadabanmesir • bangsaasliperadabansungaiindus • sungaiyangmengairiperadabanmesir • dewayangdipujamasyarakatmesirkuno • bangsapendatangdiperadabansungaiindus • kotadiYunaniyangberfokuspadaaspekmiliter • julukanpenasihatauimamagungdiperadabanmesir • ...
world history Unit 1 pt 2 2012-09-22
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- surruonds the south pole
- a person of high rank
- contains china
- the northern continent of the Western Hemisphere
- contains england
- general people in roman society
- contains brazil and mexico
- the second great river that defines Mesopotamia
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- a government of three officers or magistrates functioning jointly.
- sydnee
- someone with absolute power in government
- one of the world's earliest urban civilizations
- contains egypt and the dominican republic
- a state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote
- the first great river that defines Mesopotamia
15 Clues: sydnee • contains china • contains england • a person of high rank • surruonds the south pole • contains brazil and mexico • general people in roman society • someone with absolute power in government • contains egypt and the dominican republic • the first great river that defines Mesopotamia • one of the world's earliest urban civilizations • ...
Mesopotamia/Egypt !! 2024-12-03
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- he made the saying an eye for an eye
- handsome but cruel
- a large temple
- first civilization
- right below pharaohs on the social triangle
- egyptian way of wrapping someone up
- a long story of a god or hero
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- he took over babylon during 539 B.C
- the one in charge
- the river that goes around mesopotamia (not euphrates)
- mesopotamians used this for food
- near lower euphrates river
- In between Syria and Kuwait
- the only ones who could read and write
- they ruled akkad for a long period of time
15 Clues: a large temple • the one in charge • handsome but cruel • first civilization • near lower euphrates river • In between Syria and Kuwait • a long story of a god or hero • mesopotamians used this for food • he took over babylon during 539 B.C • egyptian way of wrapping someone up • he made the saying an eye for an eye • the only ones who could read and write • ...
Mesopotamia Vocab Crossword Puzzle 2024-01-01
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- created the first empire
- this led to more trading
- Invented the wheel and irrigation
- created the first alphabet
- means between the two rivers
- Mesopotamia was also called a
- Tablets Cuneiform was written on this
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- the religion of worshipping many Gods
- A temple to worship in
- created the hanging gardens
- The king was on top and the farmers were at the bottom in a
- made the 282 "code of laws"
- Long poems that told about heros
- first form of writing
- a mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks
15 Clues: first form of writing • A temple to worship in • created the first empire • this led to more trading • created the first alphabet • created the hanging gardens • made the 282 "code of laws" • means between the two rivers • Mesopotamia was also called a • Long poems that told about heros • Invented the wheel and irrigation • the religion of worshipping many Gods • ...
Ancient Peoples Horváth Dávid 2023-12-28
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- were the people of southern Mesopotamia
- are an ethnic group
- are an ethnic group
- an ancient Semitic civilisation
- are the native inhabitants of Ethiopia
- are a nation and a South Slavic ethnic group
- predominant ethnic group of Iran
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- were a Mesoamerican culture
- member of an ancient people of Etruria
- a Semitic-speaking people
- were historical groups of people
- are an ethnoreligious group
- an ancient Akkadian-speaking state
- are an indigenous ethnic group native to Mesopotamia
- they invented silk
15 Clues: they invented silk • are an ethnic group • are an ethnic group • a Semitic-speaking people • were a Mesoamerican culture • are an ethnoreligious group • an ancient Semitic civilisation • were historical groups of people • predominant ethnic group of Iran • an ancient Akkadian-speaking state • member of an ancient people of Etruria • are the native inhabitants of Ethiopia • ...
Mga Sinaunang Kabihasnan ng Mesopotamia 2024-08-20
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- simbolo ng pagsusulat
- maraming diyos at diyosa
- isang sinaunang kabihasnan sa rehiyon ng Mesopotamia
- barya na may halong ginto at pilak
- mata sa mata, ngipin sa ngipin
- pinakaunang imperyo sa sibilisasyon ng Sumer
- silid-aklatan ng Assyrian
- ikalawang imperyong Babylonian
- rehiyong hugis-buwan
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- number system base 60/ oras
- paggawa ng alpabeto na may 22 letra at purple dye
- gumamit ng sandatang bakal at chariot
- lupain sa pagitan ng dalawang ilog
- kabisera ng imperyo ang lungsod na pinamumunuan ni Hammurabi
- epektibong postal at kalsada
- templong tore para pananampalataya
- namuno sa unang imperyo sa sibilisasyon ng Sumer
17 Clues: rehiyong hugis-buwan • simbolo ng pagsusulat • maraming diyos at diyosa • silid-aklatan ng Assyrian • number system base 60/ oras • epektibong postal at kalsada • mata sa mata, ngipin sa ngipin • ikalawang imperyong Babylonian • lupain sa pagitan ng dalawang ilog • barya na may halong ginto at pilak • templong tore para pananampalataya • gumamit ng sandatang bakal at chariot • ...
Vocab Monday 7B 2024-11-04
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- adjective showing or giving emphasis
- location between Euphrates and Tigris river
- city state in Mesopotamia
- adverb so briefly or stiffly as to seem rude or snippy
- River the other longest river in Asia (begins with T)
- River longest river in southwest Asia
- state of upsetness
- land
- synonyms for rapt: ecstatic and immersed.
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- lacking organization
- a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.
- escaping or avoiding
- stubbornly sticking to an opinion
- small particles of rock
- the supply of water to land or crops to help growth
- in distress, can't believe it
- a wall stopping water from flooding areas
17 Clues: land • state of upsetness • lacking organization • escaping or avoiding • small particles of rock • city state in Mesopotamia • in distress, can't believe it • stubbornly sticking to an opinion • adjective showing or giving emphasis • River longest river in southwest Asia • synonyms for rapt: ecstatic and immersed. • a wall stopping water from flooding areas • ...
Ancient History 2023-12-10
10 Clues: Writer • Modern Human • Cereal Grass • New Stone Age • Words using pictures • To grow your own food • Writing in Mesopotamia • Land between the two rivers • Make better for Humans to use • To separate the seed from everything else
Mesopotamia 2021-11-09
10 Clues: poem • one god • Pyramid steps • writing system • Fertile Crescent • more than one god • people under one group • learned the writing system • people of ancient Mesopotamia • a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state
Ancient Mesopotamia 2021-11-10
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- person that went to school to learn how to write
- what they used to write
- honor one god
- is a historical region of Western Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the Fertile Crescent. Mesopotamia occupies most of present-day Iraq and Kuwait. The historical region includes the head of the Persian Gulf and parts of present-day Iran, Syria, and Turkey.
- is the earliest known civilization in the historical region of southern Mesopotamia
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- honor more than one god
- an independent sovereign city which serves as the center of political, economic, and cultural life over its contiguous territory.
- way of writing back then
- people from Mesopotamia
- a group of people that fight
10 Clues: honor one god • honor more than one god • what they used to write • people from Mesopotamia • way of writing back then • a group of people that fight • person that went to school to learn how to write • is the earliest known civilization in the historical region of southern Mesopotamia • ...
Unit 2 Vocab for Mrs.Stallsworth 2018-09-28
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- What the temples were called.
- A line of rulers.
- Characters used in ancient writing system of Mesopotamia.
- A justify of power of an emperor.
- Writing consisting of hieroglyph.
- A ruler in Egypt.
- A extensive group of states or countries.
- Laws made by Hammurabi.
- A type of belief.
- First group of well behaved people.
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- Ancient Indic language.
- When a person moves countries without being a legal citizen.
- The place shaped as a crescent.
- A place that is very old.
- When you preserve the body of a dead person.
- The most ancient Hindu sculptures.
- A certain belief in something.
- Social classes of the Hindu society.
18 Clues: A line of rulers. • A ruler in Egypt. • A type of belief. • Ancient Indic language. • Laws made by Hammurabi. • A place that is very old. • What the temples were called. • A certain belief in something. • The place shaped as a crescent. • A justify of power of an emperor. • Writing consisting of hieroglyph. • The most ancient Hindu sculptures. • First group of well behaved people. • ...
La civiltà sumera 2021-11-06
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- VASTA PIANURA ATTRAVERSATA DA DUE GRANDI FIUMI
- PRIMA CIVILTà DELLA STORIA
- PANNELLO DI LEGNODECORATO CON MOSAICI
- DIFENDEVANO LA CITTà
- VENIVANO USATE PER TRASPORTARE LE MERCI LUNGO I FIUMI
- PERSONA CHE SAPEVA LEGGERE E SCRIVERE
- ERA A CAPO DELLA DELLA CITTà
- QUELLA SUMERA ERA PIENA ED ERA FORMATA DA DUE SEMICERCHI DI LEGNO UNITI
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- ERA CUNEIFORMA
- CI SCRIVEVANO SOPRA CON IL CUNEO
- LI ADORAVANO I SUMERI
- LA RELIGIONE SUMERA
- INIZIO CIVILTà DEI SUMERAI
- FINE CIVILTà DEI SUMERI
- FIUMI DELLA MESOPOTAMIA
- SCAMBIO DELLE MERCI SENZA L'USO DI DENARO
- GRANDE EDIFICIO COSTRUITO DI MATTONI CHE SERVIVA DA TEMPIO E DA MAGAZZINO
- PRIMA CITTà DELLA STORIA
18 Clues: ERA CUNEIFORMA • LA RELIGIONE SUMERA • DIFENDEVANO LA CITTà • LI ADORAVANO I SUMERI • FINE CIVILTà DEI SUMERI • FIUMI DELLA MESOPOTAMIA • PRIMA CITTà DELLA STORIA • PRIMA CIVILTà DELLA STORIA • INIZIO CIVILTà DEI SUMERAI • ERA A CAPO DELLA DELLA CITTà • CI SCRIVEVANO SOPRA CON IL CUNEO • PANNELLO DI LEGNODECORATO CON MOSAICI • PERSONA CHE SAPEVA LEGGERE E SCRIVERE • ...
6th grade ch.2 vocab 2023-10-13
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- Code. 282 laws written by Babylonian king
- Crescent best farmland in Mesopotamia
- religious temple
- to supply water to crops
- soldiers who use horses in battle
- goods brought into a country from another country
- belief in more than one god
- to change or improve
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- army a permanent army of professional soldiers
- area between Tigris and Euphrates rivers
- a form of money, usually coins
- of law. idea that all people must obey the law
- trade
- steering a ship from place to place
- representing the best
- to rule over people
- goods produced in one country and sent to another
- alphabet that uses symbols instead of letters
18 Clues: trade • religious temple • to rule over people • to change or improve • representing the best • to supply water to crops • belief in more than one god • a form of money, usually coins • soldiers who use horses in battle • steering a ship from place to place • Crescent best farmland in Mesopotamia • area between Tigris and Euphrates rivers • Code. 282 laws written by Babylonian king • ...
Storia 2022-05-06
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- Has a trunk
- La terra tra i due fiumi.
- Likes to chase mice
- I grandi templi della Mesopotamia.
- Le tombe dei faraoni
- Large marsupial
- Tipo di scrittura usato dagli Egizi.
- Il loro Dio era Javè.
- Man's best friend
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- Così era chiamato il re egizio.
- Mostro ucciso dell'eroe greco Teseo.
- La pianta che forniva la "carta" agli Egizi.
- La loro civiltà è detta Minoica dal loro re Minosse.
- In Egitto occupavano il gradino più basso della scala sociale.
- Flying mammal
- Con le sue inondazioni copriva I campi di fertile limo.
- Eroe mitico ideatore del cavallo di Troia.
- Inventarono e diffusero il primo alfabeto fonetico.
18 Clues: Has a trunk • Flying mammal • Large marsupial • Man's best friend • Likes to chase mice • Le tombe dei faraoni • Il loro Dio era Javè. • La terra tra i due fiumi. • Così era chiamato il re egizio. • I grandi templi della Mesopotamia. • Mostro ucciso dell'eroe greco Teseo. • Tipo di scrittura usato dagli Egizi. • Eroe mitico ideatore del cavallo di Troia. • ...
Test 2023-03-02
Mesopotamia 2020-11-12
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- This code was the law of the land
- Mesopotamia is located between what two rivers? (name one)
- Who defeated the chimera?
- The rivers were a source of _____ for farming
- A belief in many gods is called?
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- Mesopotamia is located between what two rivers? (name one)
- The first civilization on the earth was called?
- Temples built to worship gods
- Another name for Mesopotamia region
- The first form of written language
10 Clues: Who defeated the chimera? • Temples built to worship gods • A belief in many gods is called? • This code was the law of the land • The first form of written language • Another name for Mesopotamia region • The rivers were a source of _____ for farming • The first civilization on the earth was called? • Mesopotamia is located between what two rivers? (name one) • ...
Civilization vocabulary crossword puzzle 2021-10-24
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- the river on the left of Mesopotamia
- an ancient region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
- The action of selling or doing a service for a favor.
- the river on the right of Mesopotamia
- A source that is needed to survive.
- The looks, holidays, foods, actions, and beliefs.
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- this is an old city that is still starting to grow.
- A mountain range that runs between India, Tibet, and China
- The longest flowing river that goes down Egypt.
- having extra of something.
10 Clues: having extra of something. • A source that is needed to survive. • the river on the left of Mesopotamia • the river on the right of Mesopotamia • The longest flowing river that goes down Egypt. • The looks, holidays, foods, actions, and beliefs. • this is an old city that is still starting to grow. • The action of selling or doing a service for a favor. • ...
BAB 5: TAMADUN AWAL DUNIA 2024-09-23
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- Ilmu yang dikembangkan oleh tamadun Mesir berkaitan dengan proses pengekalan mayat
- Bandar penting dalam tamadun Lembah Indus
- Sistem tulisan tamadun Mesir Purba
- Tamadun yang berkembang di tebing Sungai Nil
- Tamadun yang muncul di sekitar Sungai Tigris dan Euphrates
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- Sungai yang menjadi asas kepada tamadun Mesopotamia
- Bangunan besar yang dibina sebagai makam untuk firaun dalam tamadun Mesir.
- Pemerintahan yang dikuasai oleh raja atau maharaja
- Bangunan utama dalam tamadun Mesopotamia yang berbentuk piramid bertingkat
- Pemerintah tertinggi dalam tamadun Mesir Purba
10 Clues: Sistem tulisan tamadun Mesir Purba • Bandar penting dalam tamadun Lembah Indus • Tamadun yang berkembang di tebing Sungai Nil • Pemerintah tertinggi dalam tamadun Mesir Purba • Pemerintahan yang dikuasai oleh raja atau maharaja • Sungai yang menjadi asas kepada tamadun Mesopotamia • Tamadun yang muncul di sekitar Sungai Tigris dan Euphrates • ...
Geography Ch.18 Sec. 1-3 Vocab Crossword Puzzle 2014-04-02
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- of people that travel from place to place.
- hearth-The Mesopotamia became one of the first ______.
- house of worship where Muslims pray.
- boundaries-Which of the ten follow strait lines and do not account for natural and cultural features.
- Crescent-Mesopotamia was part of a larger rich agriculture area known as the ______.
- canals.
- that include Abraham and Jesus.
- regions farmers were among the first to tame plants and animals.
- form of picture writing.
- 610 A.D revelations from God came to Muhammad a merchant in the city of ______.
- Canal-An important shipping lane that connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red sea across Egypt, has made Egypt a key regional power.
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- of a special importance to all three religions.
- shaped symbols written on clay tablets.
- speaking people that migrated to North Africa from Southwest Asia.
- belief in the right of an ethnic group to have its own independent country.
- between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
- urban necessities such as streets and utilities.
- Empire-Around 500th B.C. the _______ extended across the region.
- in one God.
- Boundary-The Zagros mountains provide a physical boundary, also called ______.
20 Clues: canals. • in one God. • form of picture writing. • that include Abraham and Jesus. • house of worship where Muslims pray. • shaped symbols written on clay tablets. • between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. • of people that travel from place to place. • of a special importance to all three religions. • urban necessities such as streets and utilities. • ...
Ancient History Quarter 1 Review 2023-10-29
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- The study of Earth and its people
- Babylonian king who created harsh laws
- Belief in one god
- Akkadian king who conquered Mesopotamia
- A rectangular tiered temple built by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians
- Desert in Egypt
- "The land between the rivers"
- Group of many different lands under one ruler
- Branches of the Nile River that empty out in the Mediterranean Sea
- People trained in skills or crafts
- Measures distances east and west of the prime meridian (vertical line)
- Belief in many gods
- Groups of traveling merchants
- People who study the stars, planets and phases of the moon
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- Watering of crops
- To have more than what you need to survive
- The weather conditions in a place over a long period of time
- Human-made objects
- A line of rulers from one family
- Record keepers
- Waterway that Egyptians relied on
- Wild rapids on the Nile River
- Complex societies
- Remains of early life preserved in the ground
- The Epic of ____ was an epic poem from Mesopotamia
- Ancient Sumerian writing form
- Egyptian kings
- Reed plant that grew along the shores of the Nile
- Old Stone Age
- People who move from place to place
30 Clues: Old Stone Age • Record keepers • Egyptian kings • Desert in Egypt • Watering of crops • Belief in one god • Complex societies • Human-made objects • Belief in many gods • Wild rapids on the Nile River • "The land between the rivers" • Ancient Sumerian writing form • Groups of traveling merchants • A line of rulers from one family • The study of Earth and its people • ...
Pre-History and Early Civilization 2024-05-28
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- famous early example of a walled city
- People famous as shipbuilders; created an alphabet with symbols to represent sounds
- lines that run between the north and south poles
- a term that refers to the "old stone age"
- the study of human societies and culture
- lines that run parallel to the equator
- seasonal prevailing wind in south and southeast Asia
- river famous for regular flooding and cataracts
- type of human society based on farming
- one of the first civilizations in Mesopotamia
- code of law from ancient Babylon, named after this king
- when Moses led ancient Hebrew population out of Egypt
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- means "between two rivers"
- belief in many gods
- system of writing using symbols invented by the Sumerians
- the major faiths of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam trace their origins back to this prophet
- belief in one god
- a group of places that have physical features or human characteristics in common
- type of human society that has no permanent residence
- type of material similar to paper made out of reeds, used in ancient Egypt
- pyramid-shaped stepped tower associated with ancient Mesopotamia
- these types of bones were used to predict the future
- a political unit in which a number of peoples/nations are controlled by a single ruler
23 Clues: belief in one god • belief in many gods • means "between two rivers" • famous early example of a walled city • lines that run parallel to the equator • type of human society based on farming • the study of human societies and culture • a term that refers to the "old stone age" • one of the first civilizations in Mesopotamia • river famous for regular flooding and cataracts • ...
Chapter 1 2022-11-02
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- Building walls, ditches and waterways to to bring water to otherwise dry fields
- A person trained to keep important records
- Group of many different land areas under one ruler
- Chaldean king who rules Mesopotamia from 605BCE-562BCE
- Sumerian writing system
- A young King of Babylon who united Mesopotamia under one set of laws
- Scientists who hunt for evidence of the past buried in the ground
- Complex societies
- Skilled workers who made metal products, cloth or pottery
- Southern Mesopotamia
- a land of fertile valleys situated north near the Tigris River
- Tools and methods to help humans perform tasks
- A hero king from the world's oldest known story
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- Groups of traveling merchants
- Taming plants and animals for human use
- Scientists who study how humans developed and related to each other
- People developing skills for different types of jobs
- Weapons, tools, etc used and made by humans
- Traces of plants and animals preserved in rock
- People who study and record the human past
- King of the Akkadians
- People who regularly move from place to place in groups usually in search of food
- people who studies the night sky and mapped the stars, planets and phases of the moon
- "Mountain of God" or "Hill of Heaven"
24 Clues: Complex societies • Southern Mesopotamia • King of the Akkadians • Sumerian writing system • Groups of traveling merchants • "Mountain of God" or "Hill of Heaven" • Taming plants and animals for human use • A person trained to keep important records • People who study and record the human past • Weapons, tools, etc used and made by humans • ...
Review of Geography 2023-05-29
Across
- Harvesting seasons in ancient Egypt
- Northern Part of ancient Egypt
- Civilization considered to be the first
- Used to get water from the Nile in ancient Egypt
- Current country that refers to ancient Mesopotamia
- Embankments along the Euphrates River
- Sea known as Mare Norstrum or Mare Internum by the Romans
- Civilization had three areas of fertile land, volcanoes, and created colonies for greater wheat production
- Civilization that has no major rivers
- Body of water that protects Egypt in the East
- Valuable item that came from the flooding of the Nile and made agriculture flourish in ancient Egypt
- Earth writing
- Known as a waterfall, there are 9 of them in Egypt
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- Most fertile area of ancient Egypt
- Used by Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, and means "three rower"
- Needed by most early civilizations to get water from the rivers to their crops
- Piece of land that allowed 2 civilizations (Egypt + Mesopotamia) to flourish
- Southern Part of ancient Egypt
- Season in ancient Egypt where floodwater receded, allowing farming to occur
- Main reason as to why calendars were invented
- Desert that provides protection in the West of ancient Egypt
- Season in ancient Egypt where the Nile flooded, and no farming happened
22 Clues: Earth writing • Northern Part of ancient Egypt • Southern Part of ancient Egypt • Most fertile area of ancient Egypt • Harvesting seasons in ancient Egypt • Embankments along the Euphrates River • Civilization that has no major rivers • Civilization considered to be the first • Main reason as to why calendars were invented • Body of water that protects Egypt in the East • ...
Review of Geography 2023-05-29
Across
- Harvesting seasons in ancient Egypt
- Northern Part of ancient Egypt
- Civilization considered to be the first
- Used to get water from the Nile in ancient Egypt
- Current country that refers to ancient Mesopotamia
- Embankments along the Euphrates River
- Sea known as Mare Norstrum or Mare Internum by the Romans
- Civilization had three areas of fertile land, volcanoes, and created colonies for greater wheat production
- Civilization that has no major rivers
- Body of water that protects Egypt in the East
- Valuable item that came from the flooding of the Nile and made agriculture flourish in ancient Egypt
- Earth writing
- Known as a waterfall, there are 9 of them in Egypt
Down
- Most fertile area of ancient Egypt
- Used by Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, and means "three rower"
- Needed by most early civilizations to get water from the rivers to their crops
- Piece of land that allowed 2 civilizations (Egypt + Mesopotamia) to flourish
- Southern Part of ancient Egypt
- Season in ancient Egypt where floodwater receded, allowing farming to occur
- Main reason as to why calendars were invented
- Desert that provides protection in the West of ancient Egypt
- Season in ancient Egypt where the Nile flooded, and no farming happened
22 Clues: Earth writing • Northern Part of ancient Egypt • Southern Part of ancient Egypt • Most fertile area of ancient Egypt • Harvesting seasons in ancient Egypt • Embankments along the Euphrates River • Civilization that has no major rivers • Civilization considered to be the first • Main reason as to why calendars were invented • Body of water that protects Egypt in the East • ...
Ancient Civilizations 2024-05-18
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- Ancient city in North Africa, a rival of Rome
- Andean civilization that built the city of Machu Picchu
- Mesopotamian civilization known for its powerful army and library
- Civilization that built the Great Wall and invented paper
- Ancient civilization in present-day Lebanon, known for its seafaring and alphabet
- Ancient civilization in present-day Iran, known for its art and architecture
- Civilization famous for the Nile River, pyramids, and pharaohs
- Bronze Age civilization on the island of Crete, known for its palaces
- Ancient city in Mesopotamia, famous for its hanging gardens
- Earliest known civilization in Mesopotamia, invented cuneiform writing
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- "Land between the rivers" where writing and the wheel were invented
- Earliest known Mesoamerican civilization, famous for its colossal head sculptures
- Ancient civilization in present-day Pakistan and India
- Ancient civilization known for its art, philosophy, and democracy
- Bronze Age civilization in Greece, known for its fortified cities
- Ancient civilization in present-day Turkey, known for its ironworking
- Mesoamerican civilization with a capital at Tenochtitlan (now Mexico City)
- Mesoamerican civilization known for its advanced calendar and writing system
- Civilization that built the Colosseum and had a vast empire
- Ancient civilization in present-day Sudan, known for its pyramids
20 Clues: Ancient city in North Africa, a rival of Rome • Ancient civilization in present-day Pakistan and India • Andean civilization that built the city of Machu Picchu • Civilization that built the Great Wall and invented paper • Civilization that built the Colosseum and had a vast empire • Ancient city in Mesopotamia, famous for its hanging gardens • ...
Mesopotamia Crossword 2023-08-28
Across
- First empire to arise in Mesopotamia
- A region located in the part of the fertile crescent that lies between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
- First known civilization that arose from southern Mesopotamia.
- The code of ________ was the first set of published laws and was based on the principle "an eye for an eye"
- The first written language. Also known as "wedge writing"
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- A combination of smelted copper and tin. Used to make weapons and tools.
- several peoples, nations, or previously independent states under the control of one ruler.
- geographic ________ (mountains, deserts, seas, jungles, etc.)
- Sumer was made up of 12 independent city- states each ruled by its own ______.
- Sumerians created a number system based on the number _____.
- Sumerian invention that improved transportation.
- Sumerian temple.
- Sumerian accomplishment that helped improve agriculture.
13 Clues: Sumerian temple. • First empire to arise in Mesopotamia • Sumerian invention that improved transportation. • Sumerian accomplishment that helped improve agriculture. • The first written language. Also known as "wedge writing" • Sumerians created a number system based on the number _____. • geographic ________ (mountains, deserts, seas, jungles, etc.) • ...
Mesopotamia and Egypt 2016-04-28
Across
- first writing in Mesopotamia
- wrote a code of 282 laws
- the world's longest river
- ancient egyptian writing
- having more than enough food
Down
- rebuilt Babylon and created the Hanging Gardens
- belief in life after death
- watering crops
- built to honor the pharoahs in a special way
- long poem
- the Euphrates river and this river are on both sides of Mesopotamia
- a large temple used to honor Mesopotamian gods
- egyptian ruler
- small particles of dirt and soil mixed that make fertile farmland
14 Clues: long poem • watering crops • egyptian ruler • wrote a code of 282 laws • ancient egyptian writing • the world's longest river • belief in life after death • first writing in Mesopotamia • having more than enough food • built to honor the pharoahs in a special way • a large temple used to honor Mesopotamian gods • rebuilt Babylon and created the Hanging Gardens • ...
Review Crossword 2022-12-16
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- dry areas in the land
- wrapping a pharaoh to be able to cross into the afterlife
- found in egypt
- belief in one god
- family of rulers
- belief in many gods
- where you would go once a pharaoh had died
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- good for growing crops
- man made way to bring water to your crops
- protection from invaders
- power to the people - voting
- the "land between two rivers - Tigris and Euphrates"
- temples found in mesopotamia
- ruled by a king or queen
14 Clues: found in egypt • family of rulers • belief in one god • belief in many gods • dry areas in the land • good for growing crops • protection from invaders • ruled by a king or queen • power to the people - voting • temples found in mesopotamia • man made way to bring water to your crops • where you would go once a pharaoh had died • the "land between two rivers - Tigris and Euphrates" • ...
STAY WITH GOD 2020-04-22
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Mesopotamia 2019-04-10
8 Clues: 2 rivers • In between • Belief in more than one god • Civilization in between 2 rivers • river to the left of Mesopotamia • river to the right of Mesopotamia • made irrigation and farming a lot easier • Invention made by mesopotamians in 1922 CE
Daily crossword 2021-10-28
Across
- The largest building in most Sumerian cities, a huge mud temple. The top floor was a shrine to the gods. It was often was 7 stories tall.
- Third place metal in the Olympics.
- Land between river's.
- Extra supply of something.
- Conquered land of many people and places, governed by one ruler.
- centralized society with developed forms of religion, ways of governing, and learning.
- A person who was educated to write things for others. They wrote for kings and recorded important events.
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- The belief in or worship of more than one god.
- Ancient written language in Mesopotamia.
- King of the city-state of Babylon.
- Ancient pencil used by Mesopotamia.
- A city in ancient times.
12 Clues: Land between river's. • A city in ancient times. • Extra supply of something. • Third place metal in the Olympics. • King of the city-state of Babylon. • Ancient pencil used by Mesopotamia. • Ancient written language in Mesopotamia. • The belief in or worship of more than one god. • Conquered land of many people and places, governed by one ruler. • ...
Peradaban 2024-09-10
Across
- dewa yang dipuja masyarakat mesir kuno
- kasta tertinggi di sungai indus
- kota di Yunani yang berfokus padaaspek militer
- ajaran yang mengatakan jika seorang raja melanggarhukumharusditurunkandaritakhtanya
- bangsa asli peradaban sungai indus
- Raja mesopotamia yang menghasilkan hukum tertulis
- sungai yang mengairi peradaban mesir
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- julukan raja di peradaban mesir
- patung berbadan singa berkepala manusia untuk menjaga piramida
- ajaran semangat keadilan dalam peradaban Tiongkok
- peradaban tertua di dunia
- bangsa pendatang di peradaban sungai indus
- makam untuk raja di peradaban mesir
- kasta terendah di India
- julukan penasihat atau imam agung di peradaban mesir
15 Clues: kasta terendah di India • peradaban tertua di dunia • julukan raja di peradaban mesir • kasta tertinggi di sungai indus • bangsa asli peradaban sungai indus • makam untuk raja di peradaban mesir • sungai yang mengairi peradaban mesir • dewa yang dipuja masyarakat mesir kuno • bangsa pendatang di peradaban sungai indus • kota di Yunani yang berfokus padaaspek militer • ...
River Civilization 2021 2021-05-02
Across
- belief in many gods
- A king of ancient Egypt was called
- an what is the agricultural revolution
- the rebirth of the soul
- chinese philosophy (5 key relationships)
- created an ancient law code in Mesopotamia
- ancient Egyptian writing system
- A government ruled by a king or a queen
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- developed near the Tigris-Euphrates river
- Government-both political & religious ruler
- rich fertile soil deposited by floods
- Mesopotamians written language
- embalming or preserving of a dead body
- a series of rulers from the same family
- rewarded based on how you followed dharma
- belief in only one god
- life after death is called
- your personal job duty
18 Clues: belief in many gods • belief in only one god • your personal job duty • the rebirth of the soul • life after death is called • Mesopotamians written language • ancient Egyptian writing system • A king of ancient Egypt was called • rich fertile soil deposited by floods • embalming or preserving of a dead body • an what is the agricultural revolution • ...
La civiltà sumera 2021-11-06
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- VASTA PIANURA ATTRAVERSATA DA DUE GRANDI FIUMI
- PRIMA CIVILTà DELLA STORIA
- PANNELLO DI LEGNODECORATO CON MOSAICI
- DIFENDEVANO LA CITTà
- VENIVANO USATE PER TRASPORTARE LE MERCI LUNGO I FIUMI
- PERSONA CHE SAPEVA LEGGERE E SCRIVERE
- ERA A CAPO DELLA DELLA CITTà
- QUELLA SUMERA ERA PIENA ED ERA FORMATA DA DUE SEMICERCHI DI LEGNO UNITI
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- ERA CUNEIFORMA
- CI SCRIVEVANO SOPRA CON IL CUNEO
- LI ADORAVANO I SUMERI
- LA RELIGIONE SUMERA
- INIZIO CIVILTà DEI SUMERAI
- FINE CIVILTà DEI SUMERI
- FIUMI DELLA MESOPOTAMIA
- SCAMBIO DELLE MERCI SENZA L'USO DI DENARO
- GRANDE EDIFICIO COSTRUITO DI MATTONI CHE SERVIVA DA TEMPIO E DA MAGAZZINO
- PRIMA CITTà DELLA STORIA
18 Clues: ERA CUNEIFORMA • LA RELIGIONE SUMERA • DIFENDEVANO LA CITTà • LI ADORAVANO I SUMERI • FINE CIVILTà DEI SUMERI • FIUMI DELLA MESOPOTAMIA • PRIMA CITTà DELLA STORIA • PRIMA CIVILTà DELLA STORIA • INIZIO CIVILTà DEI SUMERAI • ERA A CAPO DELLA DELLA CITTà • CI SCRIVEVANO SOPRA CON IL CUNEO • PANNELLO DI LEGNODECORATO CON MOSAICI • PERSONA CHE SAPEVA LEGGERE E SCRIVERE • ...
Mesopotamia Crossword Puzzle 2022-10-12
Across
- Created 282 laws
- A long poem that tells a story
- Built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
- Rivers of the Fertile Crescent
- Belief in many gods
- Place of worship in Mesopotamia
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- Hero of the world's first piece of literature
- Skilled writers who recorded important info.
- Means land between two rivers
- Moving water for human use
- Means wedge-shaped
- A group of territories/lands under 1 ruler.
- Good for growing things
- Fair or reasonable behavior/treatment
- a city that with its surrounding land
15 Clues: Created 282 laws • Means wedge-shaped • Belief in many gods • Good for growing things • Moving water for human use • Means land between two rivers • A long poem that tells a story • Rivers of the Fertile Crescent • Place of worship in Mesopotamia • Built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon • Fair or reasonable behavior/treatment • a city that with its surrounding land • ...
The Fertile Crescent 2021-10-01
Across
- a region with good conditions for growing
- wide, flat plain between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
- trading system in which people exchange
- to supply water to
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- worship of many gods
- brick pyramid-shaped Mesopotamia temple
- independent state consisting of a city and its surrounding territory.
- system of writing that used wedge-shaped,or triangular shaped symbols to represent ideas or things.
- without exchanging money.
- that stretches from the Mediterranean coast east through Mesopotamia to the Persian Gulf.
10 Clues: to supply water to • worship of many gods • without exchanging money. • brick pyramid-shaped Mesopotamia temple • trading system in which people exchange • a region with good conditions for growing • wide, flat plain between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. • independent state consisting of a city and its surrounding territory. • ...
Babylonians and Akkadians 2024-11-20
Across
- Large area of land controlled by one ruler
- Leader of the Akkadians
- The god who aided in law creation
- Stone slab for recording things, like laws
- Used to control water by Hammurabi
- Length of Akkadian rule
- Social system where men hold the power
- Means "Big man" in ancient Mesopotamia
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- Babylon was on the banks of this river
- Larger of the two empires
- Man who created a code of laws
- Tigris and Euphrates empty into it
- "Land between two rivers"
- Belief in many gods
- Forgiven by Hammurabi to make people happy
- Major city of the Babylonian Empire
- Torn down by the Akkadians
17 Clues: Belief in many gods • Leader of the Akkadians • Length of Akkadian rule • Larger of the two empires • "Land between two rivers" • Torn down by the Akkadians • Man who created a code of laws • The god who aided in law creation • Tigris and Euphrates empty into it • Used to control water by Hammurabi • Major city of the Babylonian Empire • Babylon was on the banks of this river • ...
Mesopotamia Vocab 2021-11-09
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- payment made to a ruler or state as a sign of surrender; payment to a ruler as a sign of submission or for protection
- the amount that remains when use or need is satisfied.an excess of receipts over disbursements.
- a person trained to write cuneiform
- Fine sand and clay
- It is the longest, best-organised, and best-preserved legal text from the ancient Near East.
- relating to or characterized by belief in or worship of more than one god.
- a territory governed as a political district of a country or empire
- a long poem that records the deeds of a legendary or real hero
- to water crops by bringing in water from pipes, canals, sprinklers, or other man-made means, rather than relying on rainfall alone.
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- Bomerang-shaped region of the middle east
- a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god.
- an extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, formerly especially an emperor or empress
- Realating To Wedged Shapes.
- relating to or characteristic of a patriarch.
- The first ruler of the akadian empire.
- a political system consisting of an independent city having sovereignty over contiguous territory
- a rectangular stepped tower, sometimes surmounted by a temple.
- a group of merchants traveling together for safety, usually with a large number of camels; a group of traveling merchants and animals
18 Clues: Fine sand and clay • Realating To Wedged Shapes. • a person trained to write cuneiform • The first ruler of the akadian empire. • Bomerang-shaped region of the middle east • relating to or characteristic of a patriarch. • a rectangular stepped tower, sometimes surmounted by a temple. • a long poem that records the deeds of a legendary or real hero • ...
Ancient Mesopotamia 2025-02-05
Across
- A region in southern Mesopotamia that had a number of independent cities and city-states.
- A person who buys and sells commodities for profit.
- Earthly matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- A temple of Sumerian origin in the form of a pyramidal tower.
- Artificial application of water to land to assist with the production of crops.
- The system or complex of beliefs held by members of a social group.
- The quality in a person or society that arises from a concern.
- A person who serves as a professional copyist.
- Having the form of a wedge, ancient writing.
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- A branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical means and their interrelation with life.
- A pictorial sign or symbol.
- A region in West Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates river.
- A river in south west Asia.
- A river in southwestern Asia that flowers through Eastern Turkey, Syria and Iraq.
- A sovereign state consisting of an autonomous city.
- A person skilled in an utilitarian art, craft, or trade.
- An embankment designed to prevent the flooding of water.
- A advanced state of human society which a high level of science, culture, industry, and government has been reached.
18 Clues: A pictorial sign or symbol. • A river in south west Asia. • Having the form of a wedge, ancient writing. • A person who serves as a professional copyist. • A person who buys and sells commodities for profit. • A sovereign state consisting of an autonomous city. • A person skilled in an utilitarian art, craft, or trade. • ...
Vocab words 2023-10-18
Across
- A solid inorganic substance of natural occurrence
- The land in between 2 rivers
- The movement of things
- Persuading people with emotion
- A made up story
- A story that is told or written
- A rock changed by pressure or heat
- Used to stop rivers from flooding
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- Area in southern Mesopotamia
- A number with a numerator and denominator
- The breaking down of dissolving or rocks and minerals
- Used to write a number that is not whole
- Claims and evidence
- Used to establish credibility
- The practice of farming
- Rock solidified from lava or magma
- A type of irrigation system used to move water
17 Clues: A made up story • Claims and evidence • The movement of things • The practice of farming • Area in southern Mesopotamia • The land in between 2 rivers • Used to establish credibility • Persuading people with emotion • A story that is told or written • Used to stop rivers from flooding • Rock solidified from lava or magma • A rock changed by pressure or heat • ...
Mesopotamia 2021-11-02
8 Clues: system for writing • a river in Mesopotamia • a river in Mesopotamia • The worship of more than one God • The place that is now called Iraq • a group of people living together • The content mesopotamia is located • the first civilization in Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia 2019-12-02
8 Clues: Elv i Mesopotamia. • Elv i Mesopotamia. • En elv går over sine bredder. • Elv som menneskene har laget. • Området mellom Tigris og Eufrat. • Folket som bodde i Sumer i Mesopotamia. • Det første skriftspråket i Mesopotamia. • Større oversvømmelse, som ofte gjør store skader.
Ancient Mesopotamia 2020-10-16
Across
- a belief romans and greeks have this
- to worship many gods
- to worship one god
- A pyramid in Mesopotamia
- 1st civilization and starts with A
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- A set of laws written by king Hammurabi no spaces
- Ancient civilization that has landforms like the tigris and the Euphrates river
- Famous for hanging gardens
- Ancient city in Mesopotamia that looks like the word summer
9 Clues: to worship one god • to worship many gods • A pyramid in Mesopotamia • Famous for hanging gardens • 1st civilization and starts with A • a belief romans and greeks have this • A set of laws written by king Hammurabi no spaces • Ancient city in Mesopotamia that looks like the word summer • Ancient civilization that has landforms like the tigris and the Euphrates river
Mesopotamia Puzzle 2022-11-16
Across
- The person at the top of the Social Classes
- The people who had no power
- Their system of writing
- A system used to water crops
- The river to the left of Mesopotamia
Down
- The river to the right of Mesopotamia
- People who took risks and traded goods to become wealthy
- A city-state in Mesopotamia
- Their place to worship a God
9 Clues: Their system of writing • The people who had no power • A city-state in Mesopotamia • Their place to worship a God • A system used to water crops • The river to the left of Mesopotamia • The river to the right of Mesopotamia • The person at the top of the Social Classes • People who took risks and traded goods to become wealthy
Vocabulary Review 2022-05-23
Across
- taming of animals and plants
- Evidence of past plant and animal civilization organized form of people w/ government
- belief in one God
- New Stone Age
- Moving around in search of food
- moderns humans
- belief in many gods
- land that sticks down from a continent
- scientist who studies past cultures
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- land between 2 rivers, Tigris and Euphrates
- Old Stone Age
- earliest form of writing (Mesopotamia)
- to move from place to place
- archeological site found in England
14 Clues: Old Stone Age • New Stone Age • moderns humans • belief in one God • belief in many gods • to move from place to place • taming of animals and plants • Moving around in search of food • archeological site found in England • scientist who studies past cultures • earliest form of writing (Mesopotamia) • land that sticks down from a continent • ...
Sumerian Civilization 2025-09-30
Across
- Name for a Sumerian king
- The wedge-shaped writing system developed by the Sumerians
- A legendary Sumerian king of Uruk who is the hero of the world's oldest known epic poem.
- The belief in many gods and goddesses
- Meaning "land between the rivers"
- A large, stepped temple tower built in the center of a Sumerian city-state
- The longer of the two major rivers that define Mesopotamia
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- An independent city with its own ruler and laws.
- A major Sumerian invention
- A person whose job was to read and write cuneiform
- A system of canals and dikes used to bring water from the rivers to the crops
- The earliest known civilization in the southernmost region of ancient Mesopotamia
- A wall of earth built alongside a river to prevent it from flooding
13 Clues: Name for a Sumerian king • A major Sumerian invention • Meaning "land between the rivers" • The belief in many gods and goddesses • An independent city with its own ruler and laws. • A person whose job was to read and write cuneiform • The wedge-shaped writing system developed by the Sumerians • The longer of the two major rivers that define Mesopotamia • ...
River Valley Civilizations 2022-08-18
Across
- belief in one god
- Egyptian writing
- first people who settled in Mesopotamia
- temple located in city center in Mesopotamia land between the rivers
- a society with cities, government, jobs
- world's first writing
- families who rule an area in China
Down
- belief in many gods
- ruler whose law is "eye for an eye"
- Mandate of _________
- the soul is born again
- lowest people, not part of the caste system
- tools and techniques that make life easier
- good deeds yield good deeds, bad yields bad
14 Clues: Egyptian writing • belief in one god • belief in many gods • Mandate of _________ • world's first writing • the soul is born again • families who rule an area in China • ruler whose law is "eye for an eye" • first people who settled in Mesopotamia • a society with cities, government, jobs • tools and techniques that make life easier • lowest people, not part of the caste system • ...
Mesopotamia 2025-09-06
Across
- What was the name of their writing system?
- Mesopotamia is often called the “ of Civilization.”
- What invention helped with both pottery and transportation?
- What system of canals and ditches brought water to crops?
- Mesopotamia means “land between the .”
- Name the river that is closer to Egypt but not in Egypt.
- What crop did Mesopotamians grow?
Down
- Which people built some of the first cities in southern Mesopotamia?
- What is the belief in many gods called?
- What were the large step-shaped temples called?
10 Clues: What crop did Mesopotamians grow? • Mesopotamia means “land between the .” • What is the belief in many gods called? • What was the name of their writing system? • What were the large step-shaped temples called? • Mesopotamia is often called the “ of Civilization.” • Name the river that is closer to Egypt but not in Egypt. • ...
Mesopotamia-Assignment#3 2025-10-22
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- one of the animals farmers would rise
- fine particles of fertile soil
- A writing system that developed
- the fertile land for crops
- a system with pipes/ditches
- A poem about a hero
- States- A city that governs itself
- the land between the two rivers
- something that people wanted extra of
- one of the main things grown in Mesopotamia
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- A big pyramid shaped structure
- it developed about 3000 b.c.
- a person who was the leader of a government
- A belief in many gods
- when did not anough rain fell to water the crops
- Someone who writes for you
- you can by things with it
- A extra amount of something
18 Clues: A poem about a hero • A belief in many gods • you can by things with it • the fertile land for crops • Someone who writes for you • a system with pipes/ditches • A extra amount of something • it developed about 3000 b.c. • A big pyramid shaped structure • fine particles of fertile soil • A writing system that developed • the land between the two rivers • ...
Sumer 2024-11-14
Across
- a circular object that helped with transportation
- they used it to sail across water
- a mythical hero in Sumer
- a spear like resource that people used o go fishing
- the land between two rivers
- City-states
Down
- the river on the western side of Mesopotamia
- a system of writing
- templed
- a supply of water
- a material/metal
- a form of navigation
- a sharp material that people used for cutting something
13 Clues: templed • City-states • a material/metal • a supply of water • a system of writing • a form of navigation • a mythical hero in Sumer • the land between two rivers • they used it to sail across water • the river on the western side of Mesopotamia • a circular object that helped with transportation • a spear like resource that people used o go fishing • ...
Le civiltà dei fiumi 2021-05-15
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- Il materiale delle tavolette per scrivere della Mesopotamia
- E' ritenuto discendente di Ra
- Non lo possedevano gli Indi
- L'edificio più importante delle città sumere
- Abbellivano Babilonia
- Ci dà notizie di molti popoli antichi
- Dea della fertilità degli Indi
- Così gli egizi immaginavano i loro dei
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- Ha scritto il primo codice di leggi
- Un fiume della Mesopotamia
- Sfocia nel Mediterraneo
- da seta Li allevano i Cinesi
- Il dio della pesatura del cuore
- Li crearono i cinesi per coltivare sui monti
- Ishtar era la sua porta di accesso principale
- nasce sul "tetto del mondo"
- Usavano torri d'assalto mobili
- Saggio cinese che insegnava l'armonia tra le persone
- Il limo del Fiume Giallo
19 Clues: Abbellivano Babilonia • Sfocia nel Mediterraneo • Il limo del Fiume Giallo • Un fiume della Mesopotamia • Non lo possedevano gli Indi • nasce sul "tetto del mondo" • da seta Li allevano i Cinesi • 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 • ...
Mesopotamia- Ancient Sumerians Vocabulary Guide - Chapter 4 Lesson 1 2023-09-20
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- a pyramid-shaped structure with a temple at the top
- The river most West in Ancient Mesopotamia
- The river most East in Mesopotamia
- Copper + Tin =
- Only ________ people could practice Cuneiform
- a belief in more than one god
- a system of writing developed by the Sumerians that used wedge-shaped marks made in soft clay
- Cars, Bikes, and Airplanes all use evolved forms of this invention from the Sumerians initially made out of wood
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- a long poem that records the deeds of a legendary or real hero
- 12 Month system made by studying the cycles of the Moon
- What did the Sumerians have to do because they did not have some of the supplies they needed in their cities?
- Fine particles of fertile soil
- a person who copies or writes out documents
- People captured in War, those who could not pay their debts, and criminals made up the lowest social class in Sumer. These people were _________
- a system that supplies dry land with water through ditches, pipes, and streams
- An amount that is left over after a need has been met
- a city that governs itself and its surrounding territory
- This desert was south of Ancient Mesopotamia
18 Clues: Copper + Tin = • a belief in more than one god • Fine particles of fertile soil • The river most East in Mesopotamia • The river most West in Ancient Mesopotamia • a person who copies or writes out documents • This desert was south of Ancient Mesopotamia • Only ________ people could practice Cuneiform • a pyramid-shaped structure with a temple at the top • ...
Mesopotamia Vocab - Final 2024-11-04
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- An arc of fertile farmland between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean Sea.
- one of the important rivers of Mesopotamia
- the gulf that is to the east of Mesopotamia
- a rule made by an authority and that must be obeyed
- one of the important rivers of Mesopotamia
- Rectangular shaped tower, a mesopotamian temple, pyramid shaped, shrine at the top
- the practice of growing crops and raising livestock
- Producing or able to produce farm crops or other plant life
- A monarchy is a form of government where a single person, called a monarch, has supreme authority over a country or nation
- A writing system that uses wedge shaped characters
- The supplying of water to land by man-made means
- an independent city — and sometimes its surrounding land — which has its own government, completely separate from nearby country
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- An extra amount of something
- the system of relationships, roles, and institutions that organize how people interact within a society
- Land between the rivers
- The belief in more than one god
- A society having such things as a system of government and laws, using a written language, and keeping written records
- farming tool pulled by ox
- The belief in one god
19 Clues: The belief in one god • Land between the rivers • farming tool pulled by ox • An extra amount of something • The belief in more than one god • one of the important rivers of Mesopotamia • one of the important rivers of Mesopotamia • the gulf that is to the east of Mesopotamia • The supplying of water to land by man-made means • ...
Ancient Mesopatamia 2022-11-02
7 Clues: a ancient civization • the ruler of Mesopotamia • the river that is calmer • a very old item or thing • ancient writing from mesopotamia • the most dangerous river in Mesopotamia • pieces of wood put together to float on water
Mesopotamia Vocab 2022-09-26
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- Long poems that tell stories of heroes.
- hierarchy Rank order of individuals or groups with respect to a valued social system.
- Sharp tools used to make wedge-shaped symbols on clay tablets.
- Pyramid shaped temple in Sumer.
- of Labor People specializing in a particular job.
- crescent Forms a semicircle from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea.
- Way to supply water to an area of land.
- A mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks.
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- More of something than is needed.
- Building devoted to the worship, or regarded as the dwelling place, of a god or gods or other objects of religious reverence.
- Consists of a city and the countryside around it.
- Man made waterway.
- Writers hired to keep track of records.
- World's first system of writing.
- Using picture symbols to communicate with others.
- Person who performs religious ceremonies.
- Belief in many gods.
- A direct exchange of goods and services for other goods and services without using money in the transaction.
18 Clues: Man made waterway. • Belief in many gods. • Pyramid shaped temple in Sumer. • World's first system of writing. • More of something than is needed. • A mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks. • Long poems that tell stories of heroes. • Writers hired to keep track of records. • Way to supply water to an area of land. • Person who performs religious ceremonies. • ...
Ancient Mesopotamia 2021-02-04
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- The study of human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts and other physical remains.
- The place of worship of gods and goddesses in Mesopotamian cities.
- An object produced or shaped by human craft, especially a tool, weapon, etc. of archaeological or historical interest.
- The process of getting water from the rivers to the farms in a city.
- A famous city that would later grow its own empire. Established by King Sargon.
- A Babylonian king famous for creating a set of strict laws.
- The places that people lived in ancient civilizations.
- The rulers and officials responsible for creating laws and managing society.
- Growing food (i.e. vegetables, grains, etc.) in order to have a surplus of food.
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- To remove dirt carefully from an area in order to find buried remains and artifacts.
- This involves worship of a god or gods, and the belief in certain ideas about right and wrong behavior.
- Many Mesopotamian religions were __________.
- The creation of buildings in a city.
- This feature of civilization helped people to record stories, history, ideas, etc.
- A word that tells us something is from the distant past and does not exist anymore.
- classes This feature of civilization helped to organize people in society and determined how much power you had.
- The name of the first empire.
- The creation of paintings, jewelry, sculptures, etc.
18 Clues: The name of the first empire. • The creation of buildings in a city. • Many Mesopotamian religions were __________. • 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. • The place of worship of gods and goddesses in Mesopotamian cities. • ...
Mesopotamia & GRAPES 2020-12-17
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- Growing crops and raising animals
- natural resources, trade, money; producing and selling goods, services
- arts and ________________; human creations and contributions
- ___________ structure; the way a civilization is organized
- a location's landscape, climate, and impact
- this King of Babylon made a famous code of laws
- a person who writes
- an ancient temple tower with outside staircases and a shrine at the top
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- The land between two rivers
- an early city that was like a small, independent country with its own laws and government
- One of Mesopotamia's main rivers
- the government and laws that rule a region
- a society marked by developed arts, sciences, government, and social structure
- a large territory in which several groups are ruled by a single leader or government
- a set of beliefs, morals/values, or practices
- an area in southern Mesopotamia
- a craftsperson
- the first known writing; uses wedge-shaped letters
18 Clues: a craftsperson • a person who writes • The land between two rivers • an area in southern Mesopotamia • One of Mesopotamia's main rivers • Growing crops and raising animals • the government and laws that rule a region • a location's landscape, climate, and impact • a set of beliefs, morals/values, or practices • this King of Babylon made a famous code of laws • ...
Ancient Mesopotamia 2025-02-05
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- A person skilled in an utilitarian art, craft, or trade.
- A pictorial sign or symbol.
- structure The system or complex of beliefs held by members of a social group.
- A temple of Sumerian origin in the form of a pyramidal tower.
- river A river in southwestern Asia that flowers through Eastern Turkey, Syria and Iraq.
- Having the form of a wedge, ancient writing.
- A sovereign state consisting of an autonomous city.
- A region in southern Mesopotamia that had a number of independent cities and city-states.
- A person who buys and sells commodities for profit.
- A branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical means and their interrelation with life.
- River A river in south west Asia.
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- Earthly matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- The quality in a person or society that arises from a concern.
- A person who serves as a professional copyist.
- Artificial application of water to land to assist with the production of crops.
- A advanced state of human society which a high level of science, culture, industry, and government has been reached.
- An embankment designed to prevent the flooding of water.
- A region in West Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates river.
18 Clues: A pictorial sign or symbol. • River A river in south west Asia. • Having the form of a wedge, ancient writing. • A person who serves as a professional copyist. • A sovereign state consisting of an autonomous city. • A person who buys and sells commodities for profit. • A person skilled in an utilitarian art, craft, or trade. • ...
Ancient Mesopotamia 2021-12-16
7 Clues: Mesopotamia is a ___________ • A type of temple in Mesopotamia • The name of the river civilization • Another way you can say temperature • Mesopotamia has many _____ that rule • The 6th king in the Babylonian dynasty • They ______ to find gold, silver, and copper
Mesopotamia Roberto 2024-02-09
10 Clues: First city • Wedged shape • Bringing to land • followed the food • modern day Mesopotamia • Cradle of Civilization • Soil or land that is good • Raising of crops and animals • City in Mesopotamia Not sumer • Materials found in nature used by humans
Ancient Mesopotamia 2021-12-16
7 Clues: Mesopotamia is a ___________ • A type of temple in Mesopotamia • The name of the river civilization • Another way you can say temperature • Mesopotamia has many _____ that rule • The 6th king in the Babylonian dynasty • They ______ to find gold, silver, and copper
Ancient Mesopotamia 2021-12-16
7 Clues: Mesopotamia is a ___________ • A type of temple in Mesopotamia • The name of the river civilization • Another way you can say temperature • Mesopotamia has many _____ that rule • The 6th king in the Babylonian dynasty • They ______ to find gold, silver, and copper
Bronze Dagger Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle 2014-06-10
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- Sam's friend who works in a bakery
- the name of a type of desert
- a piece of a broken mirror
- an ancient civilization
- Sam meets his new friend in this city
- ancient Mesoptamian word for healer
- a sharp type of knife
- a shape that goes with the word fertile
- atoms make this
- The name of the book's author
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- to find a place on a map
- the king of Mesopotamia
- the name of the healer
- a mountain range where Sam is from
- Sam's full name
- an adjective that describes Mesopotamian land
- the type of age the book is about
- a material made from elements mixed together
- one of the lies Sam tells
- Sam's uncle lives in this city
20 Clues: Sam's full name • atoms make this • a sharp type of knife • the name of the healer • the king of Mesopotamia • an ancient civilization • to find a place on a map • one of the lies Sam tells • a piece of a broken mirror • the name of a type of desert • The name of the book's author • Sam's uncle lives in this city • the type of age the book is about • Sam's friend who works in a bakery • ...
Mespotamia -Finn 2021-12-17
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- type of writing
- a type of temple
- the roads they were in a citystate
- how people used people for there work
- a name of a city-state
- somebody who writes
- a way people made houses
- a river at the bottom of a river
- soil
- a crafts person
- how somebody lives
- an area surrounded by a wall
- a land between two rivers
- a creation sumer made
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- to trade for supplies
- a very populated city-state
- how many laws hammurabi made
- to transfer water
- the first person to make laws
- a river at the top of mesopotamia
- what hammurabis rules followed by
- somebody that wanted to live forever
- one person that rules a lot of land
23 Clues: soil • type of writing • a crafts person • a type of temple • to transfer water • how somebody lives • somebody who writes • to trade for supplies • a creation sumer made • a name of a city-state • a way people made houses • a land between two rivers • a very populated city-state • how many laws hammurabi made • an area surrounded by a wall • the first person to make laws • ...
Vincent's Crossword Puzzle 2022-04-02
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- the most famous religion in Japan
- the person Liu Bang defeated in the war between Chu and Han
- what is the Kingdom of Charles nowadays
- writing system of ancient Egypt
- what are states in Afica called
- the place where modern huamns first appeared
- the first written language
- in which dynasty china built the great canal
- with which Indus civilization had long trade
- a system Indus civilization had indoors
- which kind of wind influence trade
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- the most prevailing philosophy in China
- society dominated by males
- a famous kind of architecture buit in Mesopotamia
- the Dynasty after Qin
- what's the unifying force in Europe
- Zoroatrianism developed in...
- Japan's capital in Heian period
- the river upon which Egypt was built
- what's America's civilization before Toltecs
20 Clues: the Dynasty after Qin • society dominated by males • the first written language • Zoroatrianism developed in... • writing system of ancient Egypt • what are states in Afica called • Japan's capital in Heian period • the most famous religion in Japan • which kind of wind influence trade • what's the unifying force in Europe • the river upon which Egypt was built • ...
Post Test Review 2023-12-06
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- First monotheistic religion, Yahweh
- Inventor of the printing press, spread Protestant Reformation
- Greek philosopher who was sentenced to death for 'corrupting the youth' of Athens.
- Indian social division, born into a social class
- Term for city-states of Ancient Greece
- Belief in one god.
- Painter of the Sistine Chapel
- Structure of medieval society.
- Persian religion with one god
- Father of the Hebrew people
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- Spread Greek culture throughout his empire.
- Japanese feudal warriors
- "Land between two rivers."
- First writing system, found in Mesopotamia
- Belief in more than one god.
- Founder of Islam
- Began the English Reformation, divorce
- Powerful/rich portion of Roman society.
- Greek city-state that placed emphasis on strength and discipline
- Greek city-state known for democracy and learning
20 Clues: Founder of Islam • Belief in one god. • Japanese feudal warriors • "Land between two rivers." • Father of the Hebrew people • Belief in more than one god. • Painter of the Sistine Chapel • Persian religion with one god • Structure of medieval society. • First monotheistic religion, Yahweh • Term for city-states of Ancient Greece • Began the English Reformation, divorce • ...
Mesopotamia Mason 2021-12-20
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- was a city
- gilgamesh friend
- a way of transporting water
- means to tame a wild animal
- was a river
- a city that is independent with its own government and traditions (2 words)
- to trade goods
- a professional record keeper
- was a king
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- was also a king
- the land between the Tigris and Euphrates (2 words)
- an early form of writing
- a type of temple
- a material
- wanted to live forever
- to own a lot of land
- a craft person
- a group of people who have an organized society
18 Clues: was a city • a material • was a king • was a river • to trade goods • a craft person • was also a king • gilgamesh friend • a type of temple • to own a lot of land • wanted to live forever • an early form of writing • a way of transporting water • means to tame a wild animal • a professional record keeper • a group of people who have an organized society • ...
Mesopotamia Crossword 2022-09-07
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- Mesopotamian civilization that took over the area after Sumer.
- Earliest Mesopotamian civilization.
- Official religion of Persia, polytheistic religion where good and evil determined the actions of the universe.
- Area in Southwest Asia, where modern day Iraq is located.
- When the Babylonians enslaved the Hebrews when they would not follow the Babylonian's polytheistic religion.
- Civilization that took conquered Babylon and took over Mesopotamia.
- How societies were broken up, with priests and rulers and the top, and slaves at the bottom.
- Type of religion all Mesopotamian civilizations had, where there were lots of different gods.
- Type of government Babylon and Persia had, involved a ruler making decisions for all cities.
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- First written law cade, made by a Babylonian King.
- Imperial _____, where the Persian Empire was divided up into provinces and the Persian ruler assigned a governor to supervise each province.
- Sumerian type of government, where cities were independent and self-governing.
- Religious _____, where the Persian government let anyone worship any kind of religion, as long as they paid their taxes.
- Spans across the Tigris River, Euphrates River, the Mediterranean Sea, and the Nile River.
- Tiered pyramids that were used as religious temples and business offices.
- Built by the Persian government to more make trade, communication, and moving soldiers easier.
- _____ and Euphrates River, were the two rivers Mesopotamian civilizations grew up around.
- Earliest written language. Shapes etched onto clay tablets.
18 Clues: Earliest Mesopotamian civilization. • First written law cade, made by a Babylonian King. • Area in Southwest Asia, where modern day Iraq is located. • Earliest written language. Shapes etched onto clay tablets. • Mesopotamian civilization that took over the area after Sumer. • Civilization that took conquered Babylon and took over Mesopotamia. • ...
Mesopotamia Vocab 2025-10-03
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- picture representing ideas
- first system of writing
- earliest known civilization
- horse drawn cart
- person who writes
- long poem
- person who performs religious ceremonies
- tame (train)an animal
- historical region in Western Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
- division of society by class
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- payment of goods or money by one empire to another
- farming (farming and the domestication of animals)
- political unit of city and surrounding countryside
- the art and science of building
- the worship of many gods
- territory of city states under a single ruler
- massive stone temple
- code one of the world's first written laws
18 Clues: long poem • horse drawn cart • person who writes • massive stone temple • tame (train)an animal • first system of writing • the worship of many gods • picture representing ideas • earliest known civilization • division of society by class • the art and science of building • person who performs religious ceremonies • code one of the world's first written laws • ...
Samfunnsfag 2021-12-02
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- Sjefen i det gamle Egypt
- Vitenskapen om stjerner og planeter
- Geometrisk figur fra Egypt
- Tullete lærer
- En fantastisk viktig elv i ørkenen
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- Landet mellom 2 elver
- Norges kjenteste "Egg"
- Tupperware fra Mesopotamia
- En annen tullete lærer
- Det motsatte av himmelretningen øst
- Norden var dekket av dette for ca 15000 år siden
11 Clues: Tullete lærer • Landet mellom 2 elver • Norges kjenteste "Egg" • En annen tullete lærer • Sjefen i det gamle Egypt • Tupperware fra Mesopotamia • Geometrisk figur fra Egypt • En fantastisk viktig elv i ørkenen • Vitenskapen om stjerner og planeter • Det motsatte av himmelretningen øst • Norden var dekket av dette for ca 15000 år siden
Le civiltà dei fiumi 2021-05-15
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- Li allevavano i Cinesi
- E' ritenuto discendente del dio Ra
- Saggio cinese che insegnava l'armonia tra le persone
- Ha scritto il primo codice di leggi
- Abbellivano Babilonia
- Così gli Egizi immaginavano i loro dei
- Il materiale delle tavolette per scrivere della Mesopotamia
- Ci dà notizie di molti popoli antichi
- Ishtar era la sua porta di accesso principale
- Nasce sul "tetto del mondo"
- Il limo del Fiume Giallo
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- Li crearono i Cinesi per coltivare sui monti
- Un fiume della Mesopotamia
- L'edificio più importante delle città sumere
- Usavano torri d'assalto mobili in guerra
- Non lo possedevano gli Indi
- Sfocia nel Mediterraneo
- Dea della fertilità degli Indi
- 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" • Dea della fertilità degli Indi • Il dio della pesatura del cuore • E' ritenuto discendente del dio Ra • Ha scritto il primo codice di leggi • Ci dà notizie di molti popoli antichi • ...
mesoptaimia xander b 2021-12-20
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- you control what i do
- i'm shaped like a moon you can grow
- i'm a complex society
- the river on the east
- i'm surrounded by a wall
- i rule a lot of city-states
- i rul a city stayt
- i make pots
- this is what mesopotamia whold be caled
- land between two rivers
- i write things
- i rule things
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- i made 282 laws
- this is one of hammurabis firts laws
- i'm inmorteal
- to trade something
- the river on the west
- i'm an ancient writing
- somone who sells things
- first civilization
- i can control water
- im closes to the gods
- i'm also known as a temple
- you use me to make houses
24 Clues: i make pots • i'm inmorteal • i rule things • i write things • i made 282 laws • to trade something • first civilization • i rul a city stayt • i can control water • you control what i do • the river on the west • i'm a complex society • the river on the east • im closes to the gods • i'm an ancient writing • somone who sells things • land between two rivers • i'm surrounded by a wall • ...
Vincent's Crossword Puzzle 2022-04-02
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- the first written language
- the place where modern huamns first appeared
- what is the Kingdom of Charles nowadays
- which kind of wind influence trade
- the most famous religion in Japan
- with which Indus civilization had long trade
- the person Liu Bang defeated in the war between Chu and Han
- what are states in Afica called
- what's the unifying force in Europe
- in which dynasty china built the great canal
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- a famous kind of architecture buit in Mesopotamia
- a system Indus civilization had indoors
- the most prevailing philosophy in China
- writing system of ancient Egypt
- Zoroatrianism developed in...
- society dominated by males
- the river upon which Egypt was built
- Japan's capital in Heian period
- the Dynasty after Qin
- what's America's civilization before Toltecs
20 Clues: the Dynasty after Qin • the first written language • society dominated by males • Zoroatrianism developed in... • writing system of ancient Egypt • Japan's capital in Heian period • what are states in Afica called • the most famous religion in Japan • which kind of wind influence trade • what's the unifying force in Europe • the river upon which Egypt was built • ...
Mesopotamia Study Guide (S,B,A) 2022-11-16
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- pyramid shaped temple with steps
- Built around cities for protection
- Sumerian first writing done in clay
- Nebuchadnezzar created for his wife
- Euphrates and this river in Mesopotamia
- Capital of Babylonia
- Established first set of written laws
- Warriors who built an empire and roads
- area from Persian Gulf to Med. Sea
- Rivers did this which deposited fertile soil
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- ditch to bring water from river to farmland
- Present day country located in Mesopotamia
- Sumerian king who was seeking immortality
- First civilizations along this river
- good fro growing
- cultures with one leader and government
- Capital of Assyria
- independent areas with own ruler and military
- belief in more than one god
- bringing water to crops
- Sum. invented for pottery and vehicles
21 Clues: good fro growing • Capital of Assyria • Capital of Babylonia • bringing water to crops • belief in more than one god • pyramid shaped temple with steps • Built around cities for protection • area from Persian Gulf to Med. Sea • Sumerian first writing done in clay • Nebuchadnezzar created for his wife • First civilizations along this river • Established first set of written laws • ...
Mesopotamiak! 2017-03-23
10 Clues: raja mereka keturunan • sumeria dipersatukan oleh • percaya kepada banyak dewa • mesopotamia jaman sekarang • perayaan tahun baru sumeria • raja babylonia(1792-1750SM) • olahraga populer raja asyur • tanah diantara sungai-sungai • salah satu gelar raja sumeria • kuil-kuil sumeria berfungsi sebagai
Ancient Mesopotamia 2021-12-16
7 Clues: Mesopotamia is a ___________ • A type of temple in Mesopotamia • The name of the river civilization • Another way you can say temperature • Mesopotamia has many _____ that rule • The 6th king in the Babylonian dynasty • They ______ to find gold, silver, and copper
Samfunnsfag 2021-12-02
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- Tupperware fra Mesopotamia
- Tullete lærer
- Det motsatte av himmelretningen øst
- Norges kjenteste "Egg"
- Geometrisk figur fra Egypt
- Sjefen i det gamle Egypt
- Vitenskapen om stjerner og planeter
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- Landet mellom 2 elver
- Norden var dekket av dette for ca 15000 år siden
- En fantastisk viktig elv i ørkenen
- En annen tullete lærer
11 Clues: Tullete lærer • Landet mellom 2 elver • En annen tullete lærer • Norges kjenteste "Egg" • Sjefen i det gamle Egypt • Tupperware fra Mesopotamia • Geometrisk figur fra Egypt • En fantastisk viktig elv i ørkenen • Det motsatte av himmelretningen øst • Vitenskapen om stjerner og planeter • Norden var dekket av dette for ca 15000 år siden
Part 2 History 9 Definitions/6 questions 2013-01-14
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- the study of earth's surface and the processes that shape it, the connections between places and the relationship between people and their environment
- what was developed in Mesopotamia in about 3500 B.C.?
- a form of writing that uses groups of wedges and lines; used to write several languages of the fertile crescent
- a city with its own traditions and its own government and laws; both a city and a separate independent state
- the king who created the list of law?
- Sumer's location?
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- groups of travelers, coming and going from the cities of Sumer to the south and Akkad to the north
- a professional writer
- the name of a temple for the gods for the Sumerians?
- what did the scribes of Mesopotamia write on?
- what are the names of the two rivers?
- belief in many gods
- markets you could buy cotton cloth from India and cotton from Egypt
- organized list, of laws helps make sure laws are applied fairly to all
- stories about gods that explain people's beliefs
15 Clues: Sumer's location? • belief in many gods • a professional writer • what are the names of the two rivers? • the king who created the list of law? • what did the scribes of Mesopotamia write on? • stories about gods that explain people's beliefs • the name of a temple for the gods for the Sumerians? • what was developed in Mesopotamia in about 3500 B.C.? • ...
Mesopotamia Legacy 2025-09-11
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- nickname for the area of Mesopotamia created when the rivers overflowed their banks, creating this
- First people to live in this region around 3000 B.C.
- Created a number system based on ___ which we still use
- a code used as a basis for modern laws, created by the ruler of the Babylonians
- Mesopotamians used this to help clear and cultivate large pieces of land
- using the stars to predict the future
- Mesopotamia was located between the ___ and Euphrates River
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- religious buildings the Sumerians built for their gods
- this king had his people build the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
- "land between two rivers
- used in farming to get water to the crops
- Mesopotamians developed these to help keep track of seasons
- word describing the cultural and technological things left to us from the past
- belief in many gods
- This is the name of the king who had a story written about his searching for eternal life
15 Clues: belief in many gods • "land between two rivers • using the stars to predict the future • used in farming to get water to the crops • First people to live in this region around 3000 B.C. • religious buildings the Sumerians built for their gods • Created a number system based on ___ which we still use • Mesopotamians developed these to help keep track of seasons • ...
Mesopotamia and Charlotte Bayek 2021-12-17
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- lane betwen two rivers
- to trade for goods
- a group of people who have an organised complex
- Enkidu's friend
- name of a city-state
- Two words
- what walls where made out of
- early form of writing in Mesopotamia
- a shape of aria
- what people where forsed to do
- babyloninans live there
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- first creation in Sumer
- babylonian king
- surrounded by a wall
- where the fertal cresent used to be
- A crafts person
- A group of many different lands under one ruler
- temples built as earthly homes for gods
- a very religous person
- peoples own relygon
- professional record keepers
- rich soil
- hammurabis takeovers
- a way of transporting water to crops
- eye for an eye
25 Clues: rich soil • Two words • eye for an eye • babylonian king • A crafts person • Enkidu's friend • a shape of aria • to trade for goods • peoples own relygon • surrounded by a wall • name of a city-state • hammurabis takeovers • lane betwen two rivers • a very religous person • first creation in Sumer • babyloninans live there • professional record keepers • what walls where made out of • ...
Ancient Mesopotamia Project 2024-09-23
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- lowest respected in social standards in ancient Mesopotamia
- temple in the center of the city
- founded the Persian Empire in the 6th century
- religious leaders also lead the government
- religion created by Persian man named Zoroaster who believed in defeating the evil in the world
- largest empire the world has ever seen
- highest respected in social standards in ancient Mesopotamia
- first code of law
- only believing in one god
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- ancient writing system
- protagonist in popular epic
- invented or discovered by Phoenicians
- Assyrians achievments
- Babylonian King, wrote the first code of law
- English alphabet
- believing in many gods
- the land in between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
- who build dams and channels to control seasonal floods
- first civilization
- how people remember myths and legends
20 Clues: English alphabet • first code of law • first civilization • Assyrians achievments • ancient writing system • believing in many gods • only believing in one god • protagonist in popular epic • temple in the center of the city • invented or discovered by Phoenicians • how people remember myths and legends • largest empire the world has ever seen • ...
History of art 2017-11-23
Mespotamia -Finn 2021-12-17
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- type of writing
- a type of temple
- the roads they were in a citystate
- how people used people for there work
- a name of a city-state
- somebody who writes
- a way people made houses
- a river at the bottom of a river
- soil
- a crafts person
- how somebody lives
- an area surrounded by a wall
- a land between two rivers
- a creation sumer made
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- to trade for supplies
- a very populated city-state
- how many laws hammurabi made
- to transfer water
- the first person to make laws
- a river at the top of mesopotamia
- what hammurabis rules followed by
- somebody that wanted to live forever
- one person that rules a lot of land
23 Clues: soil • type of writing • a crafts person • a type of temple • to transfer water • how somebody lives • somebody who writes • to trade for supplies • a creation sumer made • a name of a city-state • a way people made houses • a land between two rivers • a very populated city-state • how many laws hammurabi made • an area surrounded by a wall • the first person to make laws • ...
Ancient Civilizations 2024-01-26
15 Clues: - Clay • - Trade • - Egypt • - Rulers • - Mexico • - Rivers • - Burial • - Worship • - Writing • - Objects • - Deities • - Writing • - Remnants • - Preservation • - Amphitheater
Mesopotamia Vocabulary 2023-02-16
Across
- Babylonian who protected the weak.
- Responsible for manual labor.
- Responsible for economic growth of city-state.
- Early religious temples.
- Militaristic empire.
- Supplying water to a specific are of land.
- Built the Hanging Gardens.
- Belief in more than one god.
- Earliest known civilization.
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- Divisions of society based on social and economic status (2 words)
- Responsible for creating food.
- Region between the Tigris and Euphrates River.
- Responsible for governing city-state.
- Responsible for producing goods for city-state.
- Independent kingdom made up of a city and the surrounding land.
- Platform to record thoughts and ideas.
- Created the first empire.
- Religious leader of city-state.
18 Clues: Militaristic empire. • Early religious temples. • Created the first empire. • Built the Hanging Gardens. • Belief in more than one god. • Earliest known civilization. • Responsible for manual labor. • Responsible for creating food. • Religious leader of city-state. • Babylonian who protected the weak. • Responsible for governing city-state. • Platform to record thoughts and ideas. • ...
Ancient Mesopotamia 2021-05-05
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- replaced priests and took some of their jobs
- Mesopotamian building material
- professional record keeper
- invention that made wagons possible
- first important farming tool used to break soil
- Sumerian temple
- having more than is needed
- flat land by a river
- symbol used in picture writing
- Mesopotamian river
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- advanced form of culture
- wedge-shaped writing
- Mesopotamian climate
- reed used for writing
- mixture of copper and tin
- surplus traded by Mesopotamia
- causes river levels to drop
- a city and nearby farmlands (2 words written as 1)
18 Clues: Sumerian temple • Mesopotamian river • wedge-shaped writing • Mesopotamian climate • flat land by a river • reed used for writing • advanced form of culture • mixture of copper and tin • professional record keeper • having more than is needed • causes river levels to drop • surplus traded by Mesopotamia • Mesopotamian building material • symbol used in picture writing • ...
Mesopotamia Vocabulary 2016-10-02
Across
- Made up of many related parts
- Moving or lying in the same direction and the same distance apart
- Of or relating to soldiers, arms, or war, the armed forces
- A person who studies planets and stars
- A pyramid-shaped structure with a temple at the top
- A large territory or group of many territories governed by one ruler
- A group of merchants traveling together for safety, usually with a large number of camels
- A person who copies or writes out documents; often a record keeper
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- A broad geographic area with similar features
- A set of official rules; a system of principles or rules
- A pyramid-shaped structure with a temple at the top
- A belief in more than one god
- An amount that is left over after a need has been met
- Fine particles of fertile soil
- A city that governs itself and its surrounding territory
- Payment to a ruler as a sign of submission or for protection
- Writing developed by the Sumerians that used wedge-shaped marks made in soft clay
- A long poem that records the deeds of a legendary or real hero
- A territory governed as a political district of a country or empire
19 Clues: Made up of many related parts • A belief in more than one god • Fine particles of fertile soil • A person who studies planets and stars • A broad geographic area with similar features • A pyramid-shaped structure with a temple at the top • A pyramid-shaped structure with a temple at the top • An amount that is left over after a need has been met • ...
Mesopotamia Review 2023-12-05
Across
- the group of Mesopotamians that were known for their powerful army and good iron weapons
- the group of Mesopotamians that were known for creating the first sundial and the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
- the Akkadian king who created the first empire in the world
- a city that governs itself and the surrounding farmland, but is not united under a country
- a belief in more than one god.
- a pyramid-shaped tower with a temple at the top.
- a person who copies or writes out documents; often a record keeper.
- the kingdom that Hammurabi ruled
- belief in one god.
- the basic principle of how Hammurabi viewed punishment for his law code
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- the Babylonian king who created the first written law code
- the kingdom that Sargon ruled
- the first civilization in the world,
- name of the first writing system in the world
- a way to supply dry land with water through ditches, pipes, or streams.
- a group of many different lands under one ruler.
- the leader of an empire
- the present day country located where Mesopotamia once existed
18 Clues: belief in one god. • the leader of an empire • the kingdom that Sargon ruled • a belief in more than one god. • the kingdom that Hammurabi ruled • the first civilization in the world, • name of the first writing system in the world • a group of many different lands under one ruler. • a pyramid-shaped tower with a temple at the top. • ...
Vocabulary Focus One 2023-08-17
Across
- Code The first major collection of laws in history and was set out for all to see, even though few people could read
- a system of writing that used wedge-shaped marks
- site of the world’s first civilization, located in southeastern Mesopotamia
- ruling family
- system of writing in which pictures
- an area that stretches in an arc from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea.
- title of the rulers of ancient Egypt
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- One of the largest, oldest settlements in Mesopotamia and the Middle East
- burial vaults for the pharaohs
- a large, stepped platform thought to have been topped by a temple dedicated to a city-state’s chief god or goddess
- region within the Fertile Crescent that lies between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
- believing in many gods
- the cultivation of food and goods through farming
- The world's longest river
- These systems were built in ancient Egypt to water the crops from the Nile River
15 Clues: ruling family • believing in many gods • The world's longest river • burial vaults for the pharaohs • system of writing in which pictures • title of the rulers of ancient Egypt • a system of writing that used wedge-shaped marks • the cultivation of food and goods through farming • One of the largest, oldest settlements in Mesopotamia and the Middle East • ...
Ancient Egypt 2015-12-11
Across
- Osiris's sister
- the material used to rap dead bodies
- A lion headed goddess
- Modern day Iraq
- A place where mummies are kept
- The common alphabet used in Mesopotamia
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- The common alphabet used in Egypt
- A powder used to cover dead mummies
- One of the most famous female rulers in Egypt
- Lord of the Underworld
- Amenhotep III's son
- A place for burial
12 Clues: Osiris's sister • Modern day Iraq • A place for burial • Amenhotep III's son • A lion headed goddess • Lord of the Underworld • A place where mummies are kept • The common alphabet used in Egypt • A powder used to cover dead mummies • the material used to rap dead bodies • The common alphabet used in Mesopotamia • One of the most famous female rulers in Egypt
Neolithic and River Valleys Extra Credit 2023-10-12
Across
- Another word for farming
- Written Language of Egypt
- Burial chambers of the Pharaohs in Egypt
- Laws in Ancient Babylon. The code of
- Revolution from hunting and gathering to farming
- Taming wild animals
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- The enduring issue that discusses war
- Having extra food
- Digging canals to water crops
- Written Language of Mesopotamia
- People working different jobs. Job
- Ancient City-State in Mesopotamia
12 Clues: Having extra food • Taming wild animals • Another word for farming • Written Language of Egypt • Digging canals to water crops • Written Language of Mesopotamia • Ancient City-State in Mesopotamia • People working different jobs. Job • Laws in Ancient Babylon. The code of • The enduring issue that discusses war • Burial chambers of the Pharaohs in Egypt • ...
Ancient Mesopotamia 2023-10-24
Across
- Gilgamesh's loyal friend
- People who managed the food in Mesopotamia
- People who managed politics, taxes, and religion
- The first king of Mesopotamia
- A worker skilled in a particular craft
- A person who is forced to work
- The ruler of a country or city
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- Temples
- A way to water crops
- Study of Earth
- A worker skilled in trade especially handmade ones
- Rich in soil
12 Clues: Temples • Rich in soil • Study of Earth • A way to water crops • Gilgamesh's loyal friend • The first king of Mesopotamia • A person who is forced to work • The ruler of a country or city • A worker skilled in a particular craft • People who managed the food in Mesopotamia • People who managed politics, taxes, and religion • A worker skilled in trade especially handmade ones
Ch 4 World History Crossword Puzzle 2024-10-25
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- First civilization that arose in the southern part of Mesopotamia.
- A river in Asia that builds the bottom boarder for Mesopotamia.
- A skilled craftsperson who creates handmade goods.
- A group of people who settle in a new land, but keeps ties to its native country.
- Persian King who captured Babylonian Empire.
- A payment made by one ruler or state to another as a sign of submission or alliance.
- The practice of controlling water supply for agriculture is called ________.
- The fine particles of soil that enhance fertility are referred to as ________.
- A technique in which figures are raised slightly above a flat base.
- Flat Fertile Area which lies between two rivers.
- A ceremonial act performed in a prescribed order is called a ________.
- A ruler who carved the laws onto a eight-foot high stone slab. He was also the sixth king of Babylon.
- A substance from which other things are made.
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- A large political unit that rules over a vast territory.
- The story of human life on Earth over the centuries.
- A category of people based on wealth or status in society.
- A politically independent city which also governs surrounding territory.
- A partnership.
- The practice of growing plants and rearing animals for food.
- Legacy of a group's or society attributes passed down from generation to generation.
- A severe shortage of food, often leading to starvation.
- A governor of a province in the Persian Empire.
- The belief in many gods and goddesses is known as ________.
- A prophet who made a religion which the Persian practice.
- An administrative district of a larger empire or country.
- A river in Asia that builds the top boarder for Mesopotamia.
- The things, both cultural and technological, left to us from past cultures.
- A pyramid-shaped temple in Sumerian City-States
- An ancient writing system developed by the Sumerians.
- The sympathy for beliefs and practices of others.
30 Clues: A partnership. • Persian King who captured Babylonian Empire. • A substance from which other things are made. • A governor of a province in the Persian Empire. • A pyramid-shaped temple in Sumerian City-States • Flat Fertile Area which lies between two rivers. • The sympathy for beliefs and practices of others. • A skilled craftsperson who creates handmade goods. • ...
Unit 2 Vocabulary Review 2025-02-01
Across
- a prophet of monotheistic religions who led The Exodus
- Babylonian code of law of ancient Mesopotamia, dating back to about 1754 BC
- a country, state, or territory ruled by a king or queen, or in some cases God
- a series of rulers from a single family
- a mutual promise or agreement between God and the Hebrew people as recorded in the Bible
- the dispersal of the Jews from their homeland in Palestine
- a form of culture characterized by cities, specialized workers, complex institutions, record keeping, and advanced technology
- a political unit in which a number of peoples or countries are controlled by a single ruler
- a king of ancient Egypt, considered a god as well as a political and military leader
- a system of departments and agencies formed to carry out the work of government; form of government used in Persia
- a system of writing with wedge-shaped symbols, invented by Sumerians in Mesopotamia around 3000 BC
- a seafaring people Southwest Asia, who began to trade and establish colonies around the Mediterranean Sea
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- an ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds
- laws or rules handed down to Moses by God on Mount Sinai for the Hebrew people to follow on their journey to Canaan
- the first five books of the Hebrew Bible - most sacred writings in the Jewish tradition
- a city and its surrounding lands functioning as an independent political unit
- the belief in one god
- founder of Judaism
- one of the world's oldest monotheistic religions founded by the Prophet Zoroaster in ancient Iran approximately 3500 years ago
- earliest known form of writing, examples having been discovered in Egypt and Mesopotamia from before 3000 BC
- a tiered, pyramid-shaped structure that formed part of a Sumerian temple in Mesopotamia
- belief in more than one god
22 Clues: founder of Judaism • the belief in one god • belief in more than one god • a series of rulers from a single family • a prophet of monotheistic religions who led The Exodus • the dispersal of the Jews from their homeland in Palestine • Babylonian code of law of ancient Mesopotamia, dating back to about 1754 BC • ...
