mesopotamia Crossword Puzzles

10 Clues: A round object • A lot of people • Created 282 laws • A fast moving river • A slow moving river • A wall to stop floods • A tool used to move dirt • First emperor of Mesopotamia • Something that is used to store water • A person who normally wrights for the king

10 Clues: writer • 282 laws • extra food • a way of life • a writing tool • most famous law • a form of writing • epic main character • fancy word for farming • civilatiazion with big population

10 Clues: A rectangular stepped tower • The world's first civilization • An independent, self-governing city • The supply of water to land or crops • The belief in and worship of multiple gods • The belief in the existence of only one God • The sixth king of the First Babylonian dynasty • The wedge-shaped characters used in the ancient writing • ...

10 Clues: belif in one god • belif in many gods • an ancient form of writing • an area of land in the south • another way to say mesopotamia • an area of land between 2 rivers • a place to sacrafice and talk to the gods • an ancient king that ruled babylon and babylonia • a walled in place that has food water and homes to live in • ...

17 Clues: Laws • Temples • An agreement • Belief in one God. • Belief in many gods • Jewish house worship • To bring into an area. • To send out of an area. • Jewish religious teacher • Letters or symbols that stand for sound • The first five books of the Hebrew Bible • A system used to bring water to dry areas. • An exchange of goods or services. No money! • ...

17 Clues: man made waterway • the first writing system • a city in Ancient Mesopotamia • a pointed tool for writing or drawing • the belief in or worship of more than one god • the sand or clay found at the bottom of rivers • the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers • a person in society who cab read/write things down • large number of states unified under a single ruler • ...

12 Clues: Early settlements. • River in Mesopotamia. • River in Mesopotamia. • Animals kept in Mesopotamia. • Region next to the Middle East. • Danger of Mesopotamia's rivers. • important early Mesopotamian crop. • This is transported by the rivers. • Skill learned by many Mesopotamians. • Settlements with larger populations. • What most of the Middle East is covered in. • ...

16 Clues: un signo icónico • edificio triangular • antigua ciudad de mesopotamia • un componente del espíritu humano • una fibra natural formada por proteínas. • una máquina voladora más pesada que el aire • era el título dado al rey en el Antiguo Egipto. • una cuenta sistematizada del transcurso del tiempo. • es un período arqueológico de la historia de mesopotamia • ...

10 Clues: The ruler of a city-state • Mesopotamia is part of an area called • Ancient writing system of Mesopotamia • A body of water the Phoenicians sailed • The Phoenicain alphabet contained how many letters • Ancient temples whose name means "man-made mountain" • Type of snail the Phoenicians use to create purple dye • ...

10 Clues: A synonym of trade • What the Sumerians improve? • What is the formal name of “Mesopotamia Mall” • What is the name of the code of the laws in Babylon? • What people of that time belonged to place officials? • What empire is located in the flat land of Mesopotamia? • What was the most prominent building in a Sumarian city? • ...

16 Clues: a flood wall • Fertile Crescent • desert in North Africa • the believe in many gods • the king is appointed by G-d • able to provide for their needs • desert that isolated Ancient China • recorded code of law for all to see • seasonal winds affecting southern Asia • a group that conquered most of Mesopotamia • brought chaos and instability to Ancient China • ...

16 Clues: first appeared • flooding its banks • to the Persian Gulf • to the Persian Gulf • fine particles of rock • country with its own laws and • that flow from the mountains in • that flow from the mountains in • between the Tigris and Euphrates • a means of supplying land with water • an early city that was like a small, • in ancient times, the geographic area • ...

17 Clues: tall Sumerian temple • Hammurabi's list of laws • means land between two rivers • Ancient Sumerian religious city • famous ancient Mesopotamian city • members of Sumerian wealthy class • people who had the job of writing • head ruler in early civilizations • important invention of the Sumerians • pointed reed instrument used for writing • ...

9 Clues: - Mesopotamian temple tower • - Mesopotamian writing system • - Major city-state in Mesopotamia • Earliest civilization in Mesopotamia • - Mesopotamian goddess of love and war • - One of the two rivers that surround Mesopotamia • - One of the two rivers that surround Mesopotamia • knownabi - Babylonian king known for his law code • ...

15 Clues: Egyptian pictogram • what Egyptians wrote on • what Mesopotamians wrote on • huge triangular-shaped tombs • where the river meets the sea • this river is over 6'000 km long • used to collect water from a basin • vast desert to the west of the Nile • the Nile spills into this body of water • nile starts in marshes in Central Africa • form of writing developed in Mesopotamia • ...

16 Clues: Chinese River • Egyptian River • Mesopotamia river • Chinese right to rule • Mesopotamia river GRRRR • First domesticated animal • Coatzacoalcos River people • Planned cities and plumbing • created laws throughout the empire • Passing down power within your family • Cities with their own unique institutions • left behind rich silt after the flooding season. • ...

12 Clues: 100 days • old name of Israel • rule by one person • Peninsula south Greece • the world's first empire • wealthy landowners in Rome • and Thebes major cities in Egypt • shape of fertile area in Mesopotamia • a famous building in the Acropolis of Athens • Desert most of northern Africa is covered by it • Mountains natural barrier between India and China • ...

8 Clues: Another word for farming • The land Between two rivers • First known form of writting • Fast moving river in mesopotamia • Slow moving river in mesopotamia • City-state in The fertil creasent • First king to have a paid millitary • A king that had a epic written about him

46 Clues: The day of rest • A family of rulers • Before written records • The belief in many gods • Egyptian title for king • Egyptian picture writing • The belief in only one god • The sun god of the Egyptians • He led the Exodus out of Egypt. • Wedge-shaped writing from Sumer • One of the rivers of Mesopotamia • One of the rivers of Mesopotamia • The father of the religion of Judaism • ...

18 Clues: epic of • code of • always moving • land between rivers • last ruler of Egypt • earliest known humans • king of ancient Egypt • first major civilization • largest river in the world • series of rulers from the same family • A crescent-shaped region of fertile land • spearheads and early tools were made of this • Massive step-pyramids used as temples for their gods • ...

10 Clues: The right to rule • A style of building • A belief in many gods • a high, flat area of land • A city and the farmlands around it • a river that flows into a larger river • The governing system in which a king or a queen rules • A group of traders traveling together on a long journey • a low, flat land formed from fine soil left behind by streams • ...

10 Clues: a tall tiered temple • wedge shaped writing • the ruler of a city-state • "land between two rivers" • wrote a famous code of laws • city of the Hanging Gardens • a person who could read or write • believing in many gods and goddesses • the first people to live in southern Mesopotamia • one of the oldest written stories-"The Epic of_____"

10 Clues: PAÍS DE ABRAHAM • ESCRITURA SUMERIA • CAPITAL DEL PUEBLO ASIRIO • PUEBLO UBICADO EN LA BAJA MESOPOTAMIA • FUE EL PRIMER PUEBLO EN USAR EL HIERRO • LEY QUE NOS HABLA DE OJO POR OJO DIENTE POR DIENTE • FUE EL PRIMER GOBERNANTE EN IMPULSAR UN CÓDIGO PENAL • FUE LA ESTRUCTURA DE MAYOR IMPORTANCIA EN MESOPOTAMIA. • LOS JARDINES COLGANTES ESTÁN RELACIONADOS CON EL PUEBLO DE • ...

10 Clues: Wanderer • A holy temple • Sumerian writing system • Society controlled by men • Belief/worship in one god/goddess • Belief/worship in many god/goddess • Middle land between the two rivers • Group of states under one authority • Basic units of Sumerian civilization • Government where priests rule in the name of a god or gods

10 Clues: a tempal • worships many gods • an indipendent city • mesopotamias writing • where mesopotamia is • the laws of maesopotmia • how socity is divided up • skilled maker of things by hand • how farming is supplide with wata • loots of land ruled by one person

10 Clues: One of the two rivers • Another one of the rivers • A place between the rivers • An awesome invention we use today • The thing this whole crossword is about • A part of a bigger city, it even has it's own laws • A temple built by the Sumerians for worshipping gods • The language the Sumerians wrote on clay tablets about the size of phones • ...

10 Clues: Belief of many gods • A set of 282 harsh laws • Land ruled by one person • A person skilled at making things by hand • A pyramid shaped temple in Sumerian city-states • The earliest form of writing made by the Sumerians • The supply water to fields using human made systems • Category of people based on wealth or status in society • ...

10 Clues: sumerios:Construyeron muros ________ de sus ciudades para protegerse. • La vida cotidiana:La clase baja estaba formada por trabajadores y _______. • La vida cotidiana:Con el crecimiento de las grandes _______, las cosas cambiaron. • sumerios: Se cree que los sumerios formaron la primera ______ humana en la historia mundial. • ...

10 Clues: Fine fertile soil • What does Mesoptamia mean? • Used this to pull their plows • This is the oldest written epic • what did the Middle East become known as? • These people created the world's first empire • Ancient Mesopotamian people created this form of writing • sumerian people discovered this metal through metallurgy • ...

10 Clues: city • countryside • a human-made waterway • workers in specialized jobs • extra amount; more than needed • A mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks • A system of supplying water to an area of land • land with different territories under one ruler • An arch of rich farmland in Southwest Asia, between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean Sea • ...

10 Clues: The 1st written laws • The warriors of Sargon • The leader of the Akkadians • The leader of the Babylonians • The river that is not the Euphrates • 1 of the 7 wonders of the ancient world • Huge temples where they performed ceremonies • The river that had the gods find people's fate • The city state that Sargon originally controlled • ...

10 Clues: fine fertile soil • a pyramid shaped temple • is a belife in many gods • city in surrounding lands • thing left to us from the past • order based on power and wealth • travelers who created purple dye • they are administrative districts • a skillful ruler with a code of laws • people who develpd a different culture

10 Clues: fine fertile soil • a pyramid shaped temple • is a belife in many gods • city in surrounding lands • thing left to us from the past • order based on power and wealth • travelers who created purple dye • they are administrative districts • a skillful ruler with a code of laws • people who develpd a different culture

10 Clues: Math • Raft • Bricks • Health • farmers • writing • Taxation • Cartography • the study of stars • domesticate animals

10 Clues: by a wall • Walls to keep water out • A well-respected writer • Temples to praise the gods • Tame animals for meat and milk • Worked by an animal that helps farms • People who have more power than others • An old pen used by ancient Mesopotamia • An important part of Mesopotamia society • Everyone was considered a state and each

10 Clues: Made strict laws • The first writing system • Used for religious reasons • land in between two rivers • Known for inventing the wheel • different work for civilization • Known for inventing the calendar • To control the water of the rivers • used to know when rivers would flood • People who live in ASSYRIA are called...

10 Clues: A king and a god • The river where Egyptians settled • A series of rulers from the same family. • Goods or crops brought in by other civilizations • Who trade goods with people from other civilizations • Egyptian writing system that is used for communication • Goods or crops that exit to other civilizations to be sold. • ...

10 Clues: record keepers • A way sumerians wrote • a method of watering crops • rivers had these when flooded • A god sumerian people worshiped • a large temple to honor their gods • irrigation let these early farmers grow • A long poem that tells the story of a hero • people of each city raised their own crops • made economic control over lands around them

10 Clues: middle • a temple • someone who travels • land between the 2 rivers • some one who finds artifacts • someone who belifs in one god • someone who belifs in many gods • a old village found in mesopotaimia • a old object found in old city-states • cresent, area of land in the middle east

10 Clues: wedge-shaped writing • a tall tiered temple • the ruler of a city-state • wrote a famous code of laws • city of the Hanging Gardens • one of the oldest written stories • a person who could read and write • believing in many gods and goddesses • the first people to live in southern Mesopotamia • located in Iraq between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers; land between two rivers

10 Clues: a worship temple • the supply of water • an independent state • the belief in one god • the belief in many gods • an object made by human • the ruler of Mesopotamia • a region in the middle east • Mesopotamia's form of writing • a person who studies history by artifacts and more

10 Clues: high, flat land known • the process of taming animals • this is the northern river in Mesopotamia • this is the southern river in Mesopotamia • an extended period with little or no rainfall • a mixture of rock and soil that is carried by water • a method of controlling water and using it to water crops • this word is used to describe soil that is good for farming • ...

10 Clues: Bandar terancang utama dalam Tamadun Indus. • Sungai utama yang menjadi pusat kepada Tamadun Mesopotamia • Sungai penting yang menyokong kehidupan dalam Tamadun Indus. • Sistem tulisan Mesir Purba yang menggunakan simbol bergambar. • Struktur berbentuk segi tiga yang dibina sebagai makam Firaun. • Bahan yang digunakan dalam pembinaan bangunan di Tamadun Indus. • ...

18 Clues: Law • Settle • Surplus • Artisan • Conflict • Merchant • Cuneiform • Stability • Irrigation • Mesopotamia • Civilization • language Empire • inequality Tax • revolution Ruler • Fertile Crescent • of labor Consolidation • and gathering Population • learning; collective knowledge Priest

17 Clues: Poloni Corrêa • Escrita Egípcia. • Presente do Nilo. • Conservação do corpo. • escrita dos sumérios. • O mesmo que Mesopotâmia • Um dos rios da Mesopotâmia • Deus egípcio da mumificação. • Acreditavam em vários deuses. • império de homens cruéis e violentos. • Intermediário entre a humanidade e os deuses. • Deusa responsável pelo julgamento dos mortos. • ...

17 Clues: a record keeper • land between the rivers • a person trained in a craft • a belief in more than one god • fine particles of fertile soil • the act of training for a particular job • the study of the stars, moons and planets • a person who copies or writes out documents; • a pyramid - shaped structure with a temple at the top • ...

17 Clues: summary • crowning • fair laws • Gilgamesh friend • fertile _________ • The Epic of ______ • An eye for an _____ • The river with Tigris • wrote first written laws • ancient written language • government from religion • people living in one place • civilization before Babylon • stone where laws were written • largest building in Sumerian cities • round thing invented by Babylonians • ...

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

22 Clues: A person who writes. • This king wrote a law code. • Olmecs relied on water from... • The belief in more than one god. • First leader of the Jewish people. • Also known as the Fertile Crescent. • The written language of Mesopotamia. • A religious temple/shrine built by the Sumerians. • The Jewish religion beginning to spread was caused by. • ...

16 Clues: gods • the water god • building style • tall brick temple • new ways of doing things • the world's first emperor • people who recorded things of others • known as "the land between the rivers" • organized a set of 282 laws for his land • were in the highest social class in Sumer • religion based on the worship of many gods • governing system ruled by a king or a queen • ...

10 Clues: a writer • pictures or symbols • the science of building • the worship of many gods • pyramid shaped temple tower • the worlds first system of writing • long poems that tell the stories of hero • people who performed religious ceremonies • land with different territories and peoples under a single rule • ...

10 Clues: The science of raising crops and farm animals. • A stepped temple tower in the shape of a pyramid. • The supply of water to land or crops to help growth. • A person whose job is to copy written materials by hand. • The first known form of writing. Created in Mesopotamia. • An independent state made up of a city and the land around it. • ...

10 Clues: to block up • more than needed • beyond other in progress • to take without permission • Greek for¨land between rivers¨ • flowing part of a river or stream • to increase in size and/or volume • has some rain but stays fairly dry • a time when not enough rain or snow fall • the part of a river that empties into a larger body of water

10 Clues: Who made the first law • capable of reproducing • belief in multiple gods • the first form of writing • it means rivers in between • where people went to worship gods • a state consisting of a sovereign city • an ancient kingdom in southern Mesopotamia • the system they made so water could get to crops • someone employed to make written copies of documents

11 Clues: prisioneiros de guerra • um dos rios da Mesopotâmia • um dos rios da Mesopotâmia • líder político da Mesopotâmia • escrita criada pelos sumérios • pessoas que sabiam ler e escrever • como é chamada a terra entre rios • pais onde é hoje a região da Mesopotâmia • templo religioso parecido com um pirâmide • conjunto de leis seguindo olho por olho dente por dente • ...

10 Clues: Leader of Akkadia • The main city-state • Main water source (river) • The first written language • Another name for the area called Mesopotamia • A way to control water and give it to the crops • Older civilization who conquered much land (Mr. Nicky) • A way to control the floods including dams and resevoirs • Nutrient packed soil that came in during seasonal floods • ...

10 Clues: Another word for chief • The first wheel was used on • the longest river in the world • were made of solid wooden sections • The earliest forms of writing were • Some time around 3300 B.C. the Mesopotamian´s invented • a sign that means strength as well as the animal itself • made plows more efficient, which allowed farmers to cultivate the land • ...

10 Clues: A grain commonly grown in Africa • The oldest known story comes from Sumer • people who study and record the human past • Shot by an arrow and died but, presurved in ice • People made pottery and carved objects out of wood • People who painted cave walls and usually painted animals • A king who controlled Mesopotamia from 605 B.C. to 562 B.C. • ...

11 Clues: this place was found in a region • how they control the water of the rivers • People that lived in Sumer are called _____ • People that lived in Assyria are called _____ • People that lived in Babylon are called _____ • a word for people that believe in multiple Gods • one of the rivers between the land of Mesopotamia • one of the rivers between the land of Mesopotamia • ...

10 Clues: Southern Mesopotamia • A temple built for the purpose of worship • A group of many different lands under one ruler • Walls, waterways and ditches used to water crops • Trained recored keeper who knew how to read and write • King of the Akkadians who conquered all of Mesopotamia • Each division of of a political district within an empire is called what? • ...

10 Clues: temple things • He made a code • small countries • Mesopotamia is here • ne of the oldest poems • a king made this for his wife • people use this to for communication • rivers that surround the fertile crescent • People made these for chariots and now cars • the thing you look at every second in your boring class

10 Clues: Who wrote the first code • What was the first empire • What location has rich soil • Who conquered the Sumerians • What did the Sumerians create • Who conquered the Babylonians • What did the Babylonians Invented • What writing system did the Sumerians create • Why was Mesopotamia called the fertile crescent • What was something that Assyrians invented that was useful

10 Clues: what we trade • king of Babylon • a form of warfare • a person who writes • what scribes write on • a vehicle pulled by horses • a way to get water all year • the river next to the Tigris • a pipe that distributes water • a sculpture which projects an image

10 Clues: fine fertile soil • a pyramid shaped temple • is a belife in many gods • city in surrounding lands • thing left to us from the past • order based on power and wealth • travelers who created purple dye • they are administrative districts • a skillful ruler with a code of laws • people who develpd a different culture

10 Clues: A large town • A game to play when your bored • A mesopotamian way of writing in symbols • A type of stone used to build structures • The invention of counting is in this subject • to tell when to fall asleep and when to wake up • A flat structure of wood to hold people like a boat • a daily drink as well as a beverage for celebration • ...

10 Clues: ninda • animal on slide 18 • famous king of Uruk • what the code was written on • this guy had a pet dragon #baws • cuneiform was written on these... • the earliest wheel was made of these... • contemporary city 50 miles from Babylon • The greatest city of the Assyrian Empire • type of structure in the background of slide 18

10 Clues: Beliefs in many gods • A pyramid-shaped temple • A person skilled at making things by hand • class A category of people based on wealth • The supply of water to fields using human made systems • The earliest form of writing invented by the sumerians • A formal series of acts always performed in the same way • An extreme lack of crops using housing widespread hunger • ...

10 Clues: Escritura del Imperio Acadio. • Civilización antigua de Oriente Medio • Pueblo que desarrolló la escritura cuneiforme • Invención que se les atribuye a los mesopotámicos • Primera forma de escritura desarrollada en Mesopotamia • Rey de Babilonia que creó el primer código de leyes escrito • Sistema matemático basado en el número 60, desarrollado por los mesopotámicos • ...

10 Clues: The Kushite king who conquered Egypt and became its pharaoh. • A powerful queen mother who often ruled or led armies in Kush. • A dark, heavy wood from sub-Saharan Africa that Kushites traded. • The river that provided water and a "highway" for Kushite trade. • Strong rapids or waterfalls that made sailing the Nile difficult. • ...

10 Clues: to tame an animal • land between two river • pyramidal stepped temple tower • is an independent sovereign city • the belief in or worship of more than one god. • Amorite First Dynasty king of the city-state of Babylon • an ancient civilization founded in the Mesopotamia region • Trained to write cuneiform and record many of the languages spoken • ...

10 Clues: Temple • 3rd king • Another king • Somebody owns them • King That was mean • Owned by an emperor • A group of people living together • Small town surrounded with a wall • Things that you have to follow or you die • A person who specializes in one thing like making stuff

10 Clues: Temple • 3rd king • Another king • Somebody owns them • King That was mean • Owned by an emperor • A group of people living together • Small town surrounded with a wall • Things that you have to follow or you die • A person who specializes in one thing like making stuff

10 Clues: a crafts person • to trade goods or services • a professional record keeper • a city that is an individual unit • a way of transporting water to crops • a group of people who have a complex • temples built as earthly homes for gods • an early form of writing in Mesopotamia • a group of many different lands under one ruler • crescent Fertile:rich soil Crescent:Shape of area

10 Clues: = Land between two rivers • = Created first empire in Mesopotamia • = Goddess of love, fertility, and war, also known as Inanna • = Fifth Sumerian king who built defensive walls and temples in Uruk • = Symbolic foundational story about the origins and destiny of humankind • = Sumerian stepped pyramid that housed temples and altars to the principal god of the city • ...

10 Clues: writer • city areas • human-made waterways • the worship of many gods • a pyramid shaped temple tower • a ruler of a kingdom or empire • the world's first system of writing • long poems that tell the stories of heros • people who performed religious ceremonies • A set of letters that can be combined to form words

10 Clues: Effect • A set of 282 laws • A horsedrawn cart • ManMade waterways • Land between the rivers • Used to bust up the clay • A large arc of fertile land • A mixture of rocks and soil • The first ever writing system • Bringing water to an area of land

10 Clues: effect or result • part or function • science of building • worship of many gods • Human-made waterways • ruler of a kingdom or empire • world's first system of writing • supplying water to an area of land • wheeled horse-drawn cart used in battle • land with different territories and peoples under a single rule

10 Clues: king of babyonia • a home for a king • one of the rivers • the form of writing • the last civilization • the first civilization • a way to describe the land • king hammurabi made 282 _____ • a building people use to worship gods • each city has a different one they worship

10 Clues: is city • country side • more than needed • worship of many gods • a city that is a nation • a way of supplying water • a mixure of tiny rocks and soil • a area of fertile land in an arch area • is a place where a special worker works • a land with different territories under single rule

10 Clues: Advanced electronics • Another word used for math • You take this to feel better • A machine that moves materials • You use these to build buildings • A piece of paper that shows direction • Boat that uses the wind to help it move • The things on a car that are usually round • You look at the clock to see what ____ it is • An essay and a personal narrative is a type of

10 Clues: people who made cents • the ruler who made the 282 "code" • the first empire that made cuneiform • the empire builder for the Akkadians • the perfect place to build the empires • where we got the Alphabet we have today • ruler of the empire call Chaldean empire • one of the inventions that the Sumers made • one of the 2 rivers that boards the mesopotima. • ...

10 Clues: River • first empire • early civilization • Sumerian people made the... • Early settlers had to the land • A large arc of rich, or farmland • THE PEOPLE WHO LIVED IN BABYLON were • THE PEOPLE WHO LIVED IN ASSYRIA WERE • THE PEOPLE WHO LIVED IN MESOPOTAMIA WERE • that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state 😊

10 Clues: first writing system • believed in many gods • land in between two rivers • in the middle of each empire land • people who lived in sumer were ... • created "fair" laws and punishments • Mesopotamia is located in a country that's.. • Assyria trained to do ... to take over others land • civilization was built along the tigris and ... River. • ...

10 Clues: located in Iraq • King of Babylon • The first writing system • a good place to grow crops • had many cities in its empire • a plow that is used for farming • takes thousands of years to build • Used to know when rivers would flood • conquered Babylon and took over a large part of Mesopotamia • Used to teach cuneiform writing and to have meetings with gods

10 Clues: Euphrates river and the • Land that was rich in soil • Items used from the enviroment • The Assyrians were most known for.. • The Sumerians were people that lived in.. • The Babylonians are known for inventing the.. • The writing system that the Sumerians invented • A place each Empire had at the center of their land • Many people that lived in Mesopotamia believed in.. • ...

10 Clues: to grow plants • very rich soil • the believe in multiple gods • one of the major rivers in Mesopotamia • a person who makes the palaces for kings • a metal make of the mix of tin and copper • a writing made by wedging shapes into a clay tablet • one of the most successful Mesopotamian civilizations • an item used to make tools and pots in ancient Mesopotamia • ...

10 Clues: to grow plants • very rich soil • the believe in multiple gods • one of the major rivers in Mesopotamia • a person who makes the palaces for kings • a metal make of the mix of tin and copper • a writing made by wedging shapes into a clay tablet • one of the most successful Mesopotamian civilizations • an item used to make tools and pots in ancient Mesopotamia • ...

10 Clues: terra entre rios • escritas escribas • derrotaram os sumerios • surgiu as margens do rio nilo • agricola comercial e agropastoril • serviam para irrigar as plantacoes • primeiros povos a chegar na mesopotamia • templos religiossos foram construidos com • povos que denominaram a sociedade hidraulica • tecnica utilizada para utilizar a agua da melhor forma

10 Clues: items made of clay • a skirt worn by men • a heavy medal weapon • a wall made to prevent floods • a person that writes for others • a clay disc flattened to rite on • a type of rock with a natural red color • a type of rock with a natural blue color • a item used to clarify the owner of A pottery piece • a temple made of steps with smaller steps each level

10 Clues: wedge-shape writing • a tall, tiered temple • City of Hanging Gardens • the ruler of a city-state • Wrote a famous code of laws • a person who could read and write • Believing in many gods and goddesses • the first people to live in southern Mesopotamia • one of the oldest written stories; the Epic of _____ • ...

10 Clues: record keepers • A way sumerians wrote • a method of watering crops • rivers had these when flooded • A god sumerian people worshiped • a large temple to honor their gods • irrigation let these early farmers grow • A long poem that tells the story of a hero • people of each city raised their own crops • made economic control over lands around them

10 Clues: Tigris and • skilled craftsman • British archaeologist • trade one good for another • powerful city-state of Sumer • sediment of very find particles • more crops than what was needed • animal to help in Sumerian farms • a way of supplying water to crops • wrote down sales on soft clay tablets

10 Clues: temple • man made systems • belief in many gods. • first system of writing • crescent area with fertile • ancient set of harsh rules • Mesopotamia cities and area • many land owned by one person • skilled people that make thing with there hands • class systems of ranking based on wealth and power

10 Clues: a holy mountain • allowed for plentiful farming • a large political unit or state • established the first civilization • allowed priest to become more powerful • encouraged temples,trade, and economic growth • created by pressing a pointed stylus into a clay tablet • tells the time when direct sunlight shines by the apparent position of the sun • ...

10 Clues: Rey con primeras leyes escritas. • Templos escalonados mesopotámicos. • Imperios dominantes de Mesopotamia. • Ríos que sustentaron la civilización. • Primera escritura (símbolos en arcilla). • Invento clave para transporte y alfarería. • Canales para agricultura en tierras áridas. • Sistema numérico base 60 (tiempo y círculos) • ...

10 Clues: God of the Sky • God of the moon • 2/3 God and 1/3 human • We drink this recreationally • Precursor to the Egyptian Pyramids • Gave the code of laws of Hammurabi • We use this today to keep track of time • She seduced Enkidu in order to humanize him • "An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth" • Gilgamesh had a dream about this man and would later become his best friend

10 Clues: El río más occidental de la región. • Pueblo guerrero de la alta Mesopotamia. • Rey babilónico famoso por su código de leyes. • Tipo de escritura sumeria realizada con cuñas. • Región entre ríos, significa "tierra entre ríos". • Primera civilización que desarrolló la escritura. • Ciudad famosa por sus jardines y el rey Hammurabi. • ...

17 Clues: appropriate or fair • demonstrating morals • the exchange of goods or services • the climate and landforms of a location • showing compassion or sympathy to others • a judgment or decision based on reasoning • the raising of plants or animals; farming • presented in the order that things occurred or came to be • more than what is needed or used; having excess left over • ...

17 Clues: a type of ancient writing • an organized list of laws • a person whose job is to write • a way to bring water to dry land • a city that has its own government • a paper-like material made from a reed • a place reserved for religious purposes • the first people to live in Mesopotamia • a mix of clay, dirt, sand, and fertilizer carried by rivers • ...

17 Clues: The first set of laws • The ruler of the first empire • The belief in more than one god • A temple built for a city's god • The area that formed the Mesopotamia region • The people trained to write (record keepers) • A wheeled, horse drawn cart that was used in battle • The type of natural disaster that led to irrigation • ...