mesopotamia Crossword Puzzles
Mesopotamia vocabulary 2024-10-15
9 Clues: eye for eye • early sewers • curved writing • a BIG river bank • overflowing food • for plant growing • "fertile crescent" • were they worship gods • Hierarchy divider for humans
Emily Perez's Crossword Puzzle 2023-12-10
Across
- Created the hanging garden
- Dye Created by Phoenicians
- The Boy King
- World's first civilization
- Created the code of laws
- Created the first alphabet
- Created the Pyramids
- First female diety
- Assyrian who took over Sumer
Down
- Something that rotates
- Worship of a diety
- Between two rivers
- Considered the greatest ruler of ancient Egypt
- First Pharoah to rule without a husband
- Used stars and landmarks to navigate
- Established by Nebuchadnezzar
16 Clues: The Boy King • Worship of a diety • Between two rivers • First female diety • Created the Pyramids • Something that rotates • Created the code of laws • Created the hanging garden • Dye Created by Phoenicians • World's first civilization • Created the first alphabet • Assyrian who took over Sumer • Established by Nebuchadnezzar • Used stars and landmarks to navigate • ...
Egyptian crossword 2012-11-19
Across
- type of irrigation that helped farmers make ot easier to farm.
- very good soil that helps with farming
- the land beetwen two rivers very rich for farming.
- someone trained to do a specific job or to have a special skill.
- tall structures that are shaped as pyramids used to bury dead people usually had booby traps
- a group of people who have the same economic or social status, it is a division of society
- a flat slab or peice of stone or clay, especially one used for writing
- goverment by law; laws are rules which a group of people follow and are enforced by a king, ruler, or other ruler
Down
- the most powerful god the god of the sun
- characters, like letters, which were used by ancient people in writing; the characters are often shaped like triangles
- the first written code of laws in human history.
- flat land that is high up
- the river that flows south of mesopotamia
- the river that flows north of mesopotamia
- a person whose job is to copy important documents before the invention of printing.
15 Clues: flat land that is high up • very good soil that helps with farming • the most powerful god the god of the sun • the river that flows south of mesopotamia • the river that flows north of mesopotamia • the first written code of laws in human history. • the land beetwen two rivers very rich for farming. • type of irrigation that helped farmers make ot easier to farm. • ...
CIVILTA' DEI SUMERI 2015-04-22
Across
- aiutanti del re
- significa "terra coltivata"
- terra tra i fiumi
- usata per i carri
- sinonimo di divinità
- bastoncino per scrivere
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- grande piramide a gradoni
- adoravano molte divinità
- capo della società sumera
- buca dove venivano deposti i corpi
- stanze dove veniva messo il cibo
- è quello di Ur
- alte estremità dei fiumi
13 Clues: è quello di Ur • aiutanti del re • terra tra i fiumi • usata per i carri • sinonimo di divinità • bastoncino per scrivere • adoravano molte divinità • alte estremità dei fiumi • grande piramide a gradoni • capo della società sumera • significa "terra coltivata" • stanze dove veniva messo il cibo • buca dove venivano deposti i corpi
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS 2019-03-25
Across
- Early way to transport water
- legacy of ancient Egypt
- Large NATURAL Barrier
- Early tools were made of this
- legacy of Mesopotamia
- Legacy of India
Down
- Powerful People in Egypt
- Difference between Pre-History and History
- Founder of Buddhism
- Believe in Reincarnation
- Believe Jesus was Savior
- a legacy of China
- Study Ancient Artifacts
13 Clues: Legacy of India • a legacy of China • Founder of Buddhism • Large NATURAL Barrier • legacy of Mesopotamia • legacy of ancient Egypt • Study Ancient Artifacts • Powerful People in Egypt • Believe in Reincarnation • Believe Jesus was Savior • Early way to transport water • Early tools were made of this • Difference between Pre-History and History
Gioia e Pippo 2025-05-03
Across
- terra in mezzo ai fiumi
- dio del cielo infinto
- centro economico della città
- prigionieri di guerra
- scambio di merci senza l'uso del denaro
- pietra dura dal colore blu
Down
- lo chiamavano Lugal
- sapevano scrivere
- dio dell'umaità
- circondavano la città lunghe 10 chilometri
- serviva per trasportare le merci
- difendevano la città
- città più importante di Sumer
13 Clues: dio dell'umaità • sapevano scrivere • lo chiamavano Lugal • difendevano la città • dio del cielo infinto • prigionieri di guerra • terra in mezzo ai fiumi • pietra dura dal colore blu • centro economico della città • città più importante di Sumer • serviva per trasportare le merci • scambio di merci senza l'uso del denaro • circondavano la città lunghe 10 chilometri
Hi1 korkeakulttuurit 2022-12-11
Across
- keräilyn rinnalla se toinen elinkeino
- edesauttoi Egyptin korkeakulttuurin syntymistä
- tätäkin viljely aiheutti
- tällainen vallankumous oli viljelyyn siirtymä
- yksi kesytetty eläin
- ensimmäisiä ympäristövaikutuksiamme
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- laji, joka sopeutui parhaiten
- Egyptin jumalahallitsija
- tällainen puolikuu oli Efratin ja Tigriksen alue
- tämän piti olla suotuisa, että voitiin viljellä
- nämäkin syntyivät maanviljelyn myötä
- aika ennen kirjoitustaitoa
- alueella mm. Babylonia ja Assyyria
13 Clues: yksi kesytetty eläin • Egyptin jumalahallitsija • tätäkin viljely aiheutti • aika ennen kirjoitustaitoa • laji, joka sopeutui parhaiten • alueella mm. Babylonia ja Assyyria • ensimmäisiä ympäristövaikutuksiamme • nämäkin syntyivät maanviljelyn myötä • keräilyn rinnalla se toinen elinkeino • tällainen vallankumous oli viljelyyn siirtymä • ...
kateri fordley 2025-10-16
6 Clues: word for groups of wedges • person who believes in one god • a person who writes and keeps records • person who believes in more then one god • what country is located where mesopotamia was • mesopotamia is the Greek word meaning land between two oceans
Fertile Crescent 2023-09-08
Across
- long poem of heroes
- man made waterways
- a writer
- religious leader
- more than needed
- central city with country-side around
- water supply to dry land
- territories with one ruler
- rich soil and tiny rock
- land that produces food
Down
- picture symbols
- worship many gods
- pyramid shaped temple
- wheeled horse drawn cart
- fertile land between Tigris and Euphrates
- set of letters that can be combined to make words
- earliest writing
17 Clues: a writer • picture symbols • religious leader • earliest writing • more than needed • worship many gods • man made waterways • long poem of heroes • pyramid shaped temple • rich soil and tiny rock • land that produces food • wheeled horse drawn cart • water supply to dry land • territories with one ruler • central city with country-side around • fertile land between Tigris and Euphrates • ...
Mespotamia 2014-10-08
10 Clues: writier • worship of gods • a temple • code 282 codes,laws • land between rivers • human-made waterways • way to supplying water • the begging of writing • long poems about hero's • a wheeled vechlicd that helps with chores
Verde 2022-01-19
10 Clues: tecnica scultorea • pietra scheggiata • raccolta di formule • ambiente della tomba • monumento commemorativo • scrittura per pittogrammi • reperto archeologico sumero • area geografica situata nel alto Egitto • strutture religiose diffuse in Mesopotamia • elemento architettonico in pietra delle mastabe
mesopotamia vocabulary. 2020-10-27
Chapter 4 2017-10-27
Across
- A long poem that records the deeds of a legendary or real hero
- A person who copies or writes out documents, often a record keeper
- A sytem of writing developed by the Sumerians that used wedge shaped marks made of soft clay
- A skilled worker
- A payment made to a ruler or state as a sign of surrender
- A city that governs itself and it's surrounding territory
- means land between the two rivers
- A large territory or group of territories governed by one ruler
- A river in Mesopotamia
- The king of Sumer and Akkad
Down
- An amount that is left over after a need has been met
- King Nebuchadnezzar made this the largest and richest city in the world
- Conquered the Amorites and created a law code
- A territory governed as a political district of a country or empire
- A belief in more than one god
- A group of merchants traveling together for safety, usually with a large number of camels
- A system that supplies dry land with water through ditches, pipes or streams
- Built their first cities in Southwest Asia
- A pyramid shaped structure with a temple at the top
- A person who studies stars and planets
- A building used to worship a god or gods
- A set of official laws
- A river in Mesopotamia
- Fine particles of fertile soil
24 Clues: A skilled worker • A set of official laws • A river in Mesopotamia • A river in Mesopotamia • The king of Sumer and Akkad • A belief in more than one god • Fine particles of fertile soil • means land between the two rivers • A person who studies stars and planets • A building used to worship a god or gods • Built their first cities in Southwest Asia • ...
Unit 1: Early Humans and the Rise to Civilization 2023-09-24
Across
- the business of farming; growing crops and raising animals
- Why would Nebs or city-states build walls, moats, or towers around
- "the old Stone Age"; Hunter-gatherers
- an early ancestor of humans
- someone in ancient Sumer who would WRITE down the laws
- an object made or used by people in the past
- an expert who studies the past by examining objects
- writing that uses wedge-shaped characters
- a means of supplying land with water
- an area in southern Mesopotamia, where cities appeared
Down
- an early city that was like a small, independent country with its own laws and government
- a wall of earth built to prevent a river from flooding its banks
- "before written history"
- An increase in ______________ led to a food shortage in the hills of the Agros mountains.
- in ancient times, the geographic area located between the Tigris and Euphrates River
- Handy Man was able to survive because of the ability to make __________
- a society marked by developed arts, science, government, and social structure
- Upright Man was well suited for traveling because of their long, strong, leg ___________.
- Many early humans settled near the Fertile Crescent because it has good _________.
- Cave art could show scholars what ________ lived in the area.
- wealth sent from one country or ruler to another as a sign that the other is superior.
21 Clues: "before written history" • an early ancestor of humans • a means of supplying land with water • "the old Stone Age"; Hunter-gatherers • writing that uses wedge-shaped characters • an object made or used by people in the past • an expert who studies the past by examining objects • someone in ancient Sumer who would WRITE down the laws • ...
Vocabulary 2021-09-13
Across
- ancient Egyptian system of writing
- the doctrine or belief that there is only one God
- a science which deals with celestial objects, space and the physical universe as a whole
- verb of 'fertile'
- noun of 'bury'
- verb of origin
- silent letters in 'drought'
- any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors
- one of the first cities in Mesopotamia
- the land between two rivers
- vanished
- a person who copies out documents
- verb of 'weak'
- hundreds of years
- past of ‘seek’
- ancient
- conventional
- noun of 'believe'
- native
- a Sumerian invention
- middle ages
- noun of 'achieve'
- verb of 'rich'
- decode
- predecessors
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- noun of 'devote'
- past of 'found'
- ability to read and write
- cuts or carves on a hard surface
- invade
- impact
- your teacher's family name
- opposite of 'few'
- huge
- widespread
- participate
- past of 'rise'
- exchange (goods or services) for other goods or services without using money
- tomb
- disappear
- noun of 'preserve'
- plural of 'millennium'
- mention or royal residence
- mummification
- opposite of 'obedience'
- peak
- kingdom
- opposite of fertile
- dig out
- a nation that is ruled by an emperor
- a name of the Indus Valley people
51 Clues: huge • tomb • peak • invade • impact • native • decode • kingdom • ancient • dig out • vanished • disappear • widespread • participate • middle ages • conventional • predecessors • mummification • noun of 'bury' • past of 'rise' • verb of origin • verb of 'weak' • past of ‘seek’ • verb of 'rich' • past of 'found' • noun of 'devote' • opposite of 'few' • verb of 'fertile' • hundreds of years • noun of 'believe' • noun of 'achieve' • ...
Archaeology and the Bible 2025-02-03
Across
- Also known as the Israel Stele or the Stele of Merneptah
- King King Writer of InscriptionInsription
- Contains translations of Aramaic, Greek, and Hebrew
- Large sea found west of Israel, North of Egypt, and Greece is in it
- Known as the largest Neolithic settlement in the world along the Jordan River
- Early forms of writing that use simple pictures to represent objects or ideas
- Paper made in Ancient Egypt; made from the papyrus plant
Down
- Area in the modern-day Middle East where a majority of the ancient civilizations began
- Found in 11 caves around the Dead Sea
- Country found in the Middle East; Used to be Mesopotamia
- One of the earliest civilizations: found in between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
- Oldest city in the world and considered the first walled city in the world
- Also known as the Moabite Stone and was made by King Mesha of Moab
- The study of the past through artifacts
- One of the main rivers that was used for trade in Ancient Time
- One of the earliest languages; starts with an H
- Language found on the Rosetta Stone; starts with a G
- A system of writing using pictorial symbols that represent words or sounds
- Language Jesus spoke
- The Promised Land
20 Clues: The Promised Land • Language Jesus spoke • Found in 11 caves around the Dead Sea • The study of the past through artifacts • King King Writer of InscriptionInsription • One of the earliest languages; starts with an H • Contains translations of Aramaic, Greek, and Hebrew • Language found on the Rosetta Stone; starts with a G • ...
Teka Teki Sejarah 2025-09-24
Across
- Hukum Hammurabi yang terkenal berasal dari kerajaan …
- Patung Sphinx merupakan peninggalan arsitektur terkenal dari …
- Peradaban Cina Kuno banyak berkembang di sepanjang Sungai …
- Bangunan ziggurat merupakan ciri khas arsitektur dari peradaban …
- Konsep demokrasi pertama kali berkembang di kota …
- Kalender yang sangat maju dihasilkan oleh peradaban Amerika Kuno, terutama …
- Kota Pompeii yang terkenal hancur karena letusan Gunung Vesuvius merupakan bagian dari peradaban …
- Dinasti yang mengawali pembangunan tembok raksasa cina
- Peradaban Mesopotamia disebut Tanah di antara Dua Sungai, yaitu …
- Peninggalan arsitektur yang terkenal dari Mesir Kuno adalah …
- Dinasti Cina runtuh akibat Revolusi Cina 1911 yang dipimpin oleh...
- Sistem tulisan paku (cuneiform) pertama kali dikembangkan oleh bangsa …
- Bangsa pendukung peradaban sungai Gangga
- Dinasti tertua di peradaban cina
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- Konsep “Senat” sebagai lembaga politik pertama kali berkembang di …
- Dewa matahari utama dalam peradaban Mesir Kuno adalah …
- Dinasti menghasilkan tulisan pictograf
- Dewa tertinggi dalam mitologi Yunani adalah …
- Olimpiade pertama kali diadakan pada masa peradaban …
- Pusat peradaban sungai indus terdapat di kota...
- Peradaban Maya dan Aztec di Amerika Kuno berkembang terutama di wilayah …
- Kalender yang digunakan oleh bangsa Romawi Kuno menjadi dasar bagi …
- Ajaran filsuf tentang Taoisme dan Yin dan Yang
- Ajaran filsuf tentang Li, Ren I
- Kota Tenochtitlan merupakan pusat peradaban …
- Tokoh Yunani yang disebut sebagai “Bapak Sejarah” adalah …
- Sungai yang menjadi pusat berkembangnya peradaban Mesir Kuno adalah …
- Peradaban Mesir Kuno menggunakan sistem tulisan yang disebut …
- Kota Machu Picchu merupakan peninggalan peradaban …
- Dinasti yang melakukan penyerangan ke Jawa
30 Clues: Ajaran filsuf tentang Li, Ren I • Dinasti tertua di peradaban cina • Dinasti menghasilkan tulisan pictograf • Bangsa pendukung peradaban sungai Gangga • Dinasti yang melakukan penyerangan ke Jawa • Dewa tertinggi dalam mitologi Yunani adalah … • Kota Tenochtitlan merupakan pusat peradaban … • Ajaran filsuf tentang Taoisme dan Yin dan Yang • ...
Mesopotamia 2021-12-17
6 Clues: something round • Mesopotamia langhage • something for farming • something for farming • A land between two rivers • tall and sometimes triangle shaped
ANTICHE CIVILTA' 2021-03-15
9 Clues: ANTICHE RELIGIONI • FIUME DELL'EGITTO • PRIMA DONNA FARAONE • ESPERTO DI SCRITTURA • SCRITTURA DEI SUMERI • ANTICO POPOLO GUERRIERO • METALLO USATO DAGLI ITTITI • ANTICA COSTRUZIONE MESOPOTAMICA • ANTICO POPOLO DELLA MESOPOTAMIA
Social studies puzzle. 2022-01-22
11 Clues: image • image • old days • old days • language • dont move • move a lot • hunter-gatherer • a lot of people • a long time ago • city of people with a shared identity
Babilonesi 2024-10-17
Across
- principale valuta di scambio
- il piú grande sovrano
- lo scrisse il più grande sovrano
- non godeva di alcuna libertà
- che funzione aveva veramente il codice?
- principale coltura in Babilonia
- finí con l’invasione ittita
- terra tra due fiumi
Down
- stato sociale intermedio
- lo diventò grazie ai traffici commerciali
- era opposto al tigri
- era di Babilonia
- sanzione
13 Clues: sanzione • era di Babilonia • terra tra due fiumi • era opposto al tigri • il piú grande sovrano • stato sociale intermedio • finí con l’invasione ittita • principale valuta di scambio • non godeva di alcuna libertà • principale coltura in Babilonia • lo scrisse il più grande sovrano • che funzione aveva veramente il codice? • lo diventò grazie ai traffici commerciali
Search For Safety 6-10 2024-03-07
10 Clues: - spread out • - shine faintly • - with great urgency • - land between rivers • - beaten or overwhelmed • - speak in a certain way • -stuffed or packed tightly • - smile with look of hatred • - person who assists lawyers • - told people about something
Mesopotamia 2022-09-07
6 Clues: Mesopotamia is by this sea • fertile soil left behind by flooding • also known as the "Fertile Crescent" • efficient farming led to a ________ of food • the rivers flooded, so they made a(n)___ system • this tool helped early people dig into the soil
Manicio_AP 2021-12-12
Across
- kaunaunahang imperyo sa kasaysayan ng daigdig
- ginintuang Panahon ng Tsina
- nagmula sila sa Hilagang Mesopotamia
- itinuturing bilang maalamat na dinastiya
- nagmula sa wikang latin na "civis" o "civitae" o lungsod
- kahalintulad ito ng bakulaw
- nagawa nitong ipalaganap ang kanyang wika
- tinatawag itong "Matalinong Tao"
- tinawag itong Ikalawang Imperyong Babylonian
- mga hudyo na nakatala sa kasaysayan sa Bibliya
- huling dinastiya ng China na tinawag na Qing
- pangunahing wika na ginagamit ng mga Indian
- bata palamang siya ay naging hari na siya
- naniniwala sila na Tsino ang sentro ng sibilisasyon sa mundo
- pang-anim na anak nina Shah Jahan at ni Mumtaz Mahal
- kauna-unahang pangkat na gumamit ng barya sa pakikipagkalakalan
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- nakilala ang kultura ng paglalayag
- tumutukoy sa pamamahala ng isang angkan sa mahabang panahon
- tinawag silang "Tagapagdala ng Sibilisasyon"
- naging makapangyarihan na rehiyon noong taong 2000 BCE
- unang historikal na dinastiya
- anak ni Jahangir at apo ni Akbar
- ginawa ang Grand Canal
- pinakamatanda at pinakamahalagang bahagi ng Veda
- mula sa salitang Greek na "neos"
- unang literature na nakasulat sa sanskrit na nangunguhulugan ng "kaalaman"
- nakahukay ng labi ng taong tabon sa tabon cave
- unang luminang kabihasnan sa Mesopotamia
- natuklasan ni eugene dubois noong 1891
- grupo ng mga unang tao na gumamit ng bakal sa kanilang sandata
30 Clues: ginawa ang Grand Canal • ginintuang Panahon ng Tsina • kahalintulad ito ng bakulaw • unang historikal na dinastiya • anak ni Jahangir at apo ni Akbar • tinatawag itong "Matalinong Tao" • mula sa salitang Greek na "neos" • nakilala ang kultura ng paglalayag • nagmula sila sa Hilagang Mesopotamia • natuklasan ni eugene dubois noong 1891 • itinuturing bilang maalamat na dinastiya • ...
Ancients Civilizations... So far! 2024-12-17
Across
- most ancient civilizations are established by this
- a person that has no permanent residence, moves from place to place
- the ____ stone allowed for the translation of Egyptian Hieroglyphs
- the form of writing used by Mesopotamia that used lines and shaped
- the form of writing used by Egypt using pictures
- the name for a king in ancient Egypt
- ____ Road allowed for goods and ideas to be traded across the world
- the head of ancient China was called this
- a large settlement of people
- a temple at the center of a Mesopotamia city
- a person in a position of power in gov. who was appointed/hired by another member of gov.
- a religion that worships multiple gods
- this group of people is commonly at the bottom of Ancient Civ social structures
Down
- allowed for the recording of history
- a family that rules in sequence over a nation
- the belief in and worship of a superhuman power or powers
- a structure that rules over and organizes a society
- code of __________ was the first written code of laws
- people formed and traveled in on the Silk Road
- word describing land that is good for the planting of crops
- people typically related somehow to a royal family
- a government where religious leaders have the most power
22 Clues: a large settlement of people • allowed for the recording of history • the name for a king in ancient Egypt • a religion that worships multiple gods • the head of ancient China was called this • a temple at the center of a Mesopotamia city • a family that rules in sequence over a nation • people formed and traveled in on the Silk Road • ...
Archaeology and the Bible 2025-02-03
Across
- Also known as the Israel Stele or the Stele of Merneptah
- King King Writer of InscriptionInsription
- Contains translations of Aramaic, Greek, and Hebrew
- Large sea found west of Israel, North of Egypt, and Greece is in it
- Known as the largest Neolithic settlement in the world along the Jordan River
- Early forms of writing that use simple pictures to represent objects or ideas
- Paper made in Ancient Egypt; made from the papyrus plant
Down
- Area in the modern-day Middle East where a majority of the ancient civilizations began
- Found in 11 caves around the Dead Sea
- Country found in the Middle East; Used to be Mesopotamia
- One of the earliest civilizations: found in between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
- Oldest city in the world and considered the first walled city in the world
- Also known as the Moabite Stone and was made by King Mesha of Moab
- The study of the past through artifacts
- One of the main rivers that was used for trade in Ancient Time
- One of the earliest languages; starts with an H
- Language found on the Rosetta Stone; starts with a G
- A system of writing using pictorial symbols that represent words or sounds
- Language Jesus spoke
- The Promised Land
20 Clues: The Promised Land • Language Jesus spoke • Found in 11 caves around the Dead Sea • The study of the past through artifacts • King King Writer of InscriptionInsription • One of the earliest languages; starts with an H • Contains translations of Aramaic, Greek, and Hebrew • Language found on the Rosetta Stone; starts with a G • ...
Social Studies Review 2025-10-22
Across
- a source providing a first hand account of an event
- places that share common characteristics
- movement from one place to another
- imaginary lines running north-south and measured east-west
- sought animals and plants-berries
- imaginary lines running east-west and measured north-south
- people moving into a country to live there permanently
- created a code of laws
- absolute or relative
- question with many answers and requiring evidence to support your answer
- study of the production, buying, and selling of goods and services
- how humans interact with the world
- time before the invention of writing
- conditions in a person's home country that make them want to leave
- land between two rivers
- the study of Earth's physical and cultural features
- a source providing an account with after the event knowledge
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- people-goods-ideas-information
- questions which help you answer a compelling question
- revolution which led to permanent settlements
- a civilization's inventions and accomplishments
- people moving out of a country
- aspects of a destination country that attract people to move there
- set of beliefs about how to behave
- one of the two major rivers in Mesopotamia
- process of government and lawmaking
- group of people living together within a community
- people who have no permanent home
- human and physical characteristics which make it unique
- one of the two major rivers in Mesopotamia
30 Clues: absolute or relative • created a code of laws • land between two rivers • people-goods-ideas-information • people moving out of a country • sought animals and plants-berries • people who have no permanent home • movement from one place to another • set of beliefs about how to behave • how humans interact with the world • process of government and lawmaking • ...
Mesopotamia Vocabulary 2021-11-08
Across
- are people who go to school and learn how to write.
- is the worship or belief of one god
- is a political system in which supreme authority is vested in the monarch.
- is the worlds oldest monotheistic religion.
- is a state or group of states under the authority of a single ruler.
- is a group of people that have the power to rule a territory.
- is a collection of 282 rules, established for commercial interactions and set of fines and punishments to meet the requirements of justice.
Down
- is the first written language.
- is gods own set of laws.
- is the worship or belief of multiple gods.
10 Clues: is gods own set of laws. • is the first written language. • is the worship or belief of one god • is the worship or belief of multiple gods. • is the worlds oldest monotheistic religion. • are people who go to school and learn how to write. • is a group of people that have the power to rule a territory. • ...
Mesopotamia Quiz 2022-12-09
Across
- A Mesopotamian temple
- The world's first board game
- A monster and villain in the Epic of Gilgamesh
- Half-man, half-beast who befriends Gilgamesh
- Mesopotamians are famous for creating many things for the first time
- Mesopotamian ruler who created a system of laws and punishments
Down
- Cruel, mean king who wants immortality
- Mesopotamian language written on tablets
- Bringing water from a distant place to your field
- A river in Mesopotamia
10 Clues: A Mesopotamian temple • A river in Mesopotamia • The world's first board game • Cruel, mean king who wants immortality • Mesopotamian language written on tablets • Half-man, half-beast who befriends Gilgamesh • A monster and villain in the Epic of Gilgamesh • Bringing water from a distant place to your field • ...
Ancient Mesopotamia 2022-10-18
10 Clues: Tigris • farmland was • famous Sumerian king • they were polytheistic • builders made ziggurats • at the bottom were servants • kings ruled over the people • laws were written in cuneiform • they produced a steady flow of crops • they used the plow, wheel and weapons
Mesopotamia ~Allaya 2016-09-26
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- or a city
- a ruler of a kingdom
- a horse-drawn cart
- it is the science of a building
- long poems or stories about heroes
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- or a countryside
- _______ Code was used for daily life and had just about 282 laws
- It is a city surrounded by a country
- he was one of the Uruk's and this was his name. He became a lengendary figure.
- a writer
10 Clues: a writer • or a city • or a countryside • a horse-drawn cart • a ruler of a kingdom • it is the science of a building • long poems or stories about heroes • It is a city surrounded by a country • _______ Code was used for daily life and had just about 282 laws • he was one of the Uruk's and this was his name. He became a lengendary figure.
Mesopotamia Review 2023-08-14
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- What was the area called where Mesopotamians lived?
- Where did Mesopotamiansians worship?
- What word means "worships many gods"?
- Who wrote the first code of laws?
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- What is defined as "A complex culture in which large numbers of human beings share common elements"?
- What class was the smallest class in Mesopotamian society?
- What class was the largest class in Mesopotamian society?
- What did Mesopotamians invent that helped them get water to their crops?
- How many rivers are in Mesopotamia?
- What is Mesopotamiantamian writing called?
10 Clues: Who wrote the first code of laws? • How many rivers are in Mesopotamia? • Where did Mesopotamiansians worship? • What word means "worships many gods"? • What is Mesopotamiantamian writing called? • What was the area called where Mesopotamians lived? • What class was the largest class in Mesopotamian society? • What class was the smallest class in Mesopotamian society? • ...
Ancient Mesopotamia 2023-10-04
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- a group of different lands and people governed by one ruler.
- a belief of many gods.
- a person skilled by making things by hand.
- a pyramid shaped temple in Sumerian city state.
- the supply of water to fields using human made systems.
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- an extreme lack of crops or food causing widespread hunger.
- a self governing unit made up of a city and its surrounding. land and settlements.
- the earliest form of writing, invented by the Sumerians.
- a formal series of acts always preformed in the same way.
- class a category of people based on wealth or statues in society.
10 Clues: a belief of many gods. • a person skilled by making things by hand. • a pyramid shaped temple in Sumerian city state. • 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 preformed in the same way. • an extreme lack of crops or food causing widespread hunger. • ...
ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA 2023-09-20
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- most famous for their fearsome army
- known primarily from one of their sacred texts, the Torah
- highly skilled shipbuilders and sailors built strong and fast sailing vessels to carry their goods
- known for their intricately inlaid metalwork as well as for their legacy of extraordinary architecture
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- the originators of gold and silver coins
- created beautiful gardens called "The Hanging Gardens"
- One of the most important works of this civilization was the compilation in about 1754 BCE of a code of laws, called the Code of Hammurabi
- established what might have been the world’s first dynastic empire
- manufactured advanced iron goods
- credited to the discovery of wheel dates to 3500 BCE in Mesopotamia
10 Clues: manufactured advanced iron goods • most famous for their fearsome army • the originators of gold and silver coins • created beautiful gardens called "The Hanging Gardens" • known primarily from one of their sacred texts, the Torah • established what might have been the world’s first dynastic empire • ...
Mesopotamia Mike 2024-02-09
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- how many cities are there.
- what language did they use to write.
- who did they warship.
- what was their soil called.
- what where Mesopotamians before they settled.
- How did they use the river like.
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- shaped. what shape was cuniform.
- what did they invent to farm faster.
- What does the land between two rivers mean.
- when was cuneiform created.
10 Clues: who did they warship. • how many cities are there. • when was cuneiform created. • what was their soil called. • shaped. what shape was cuniform. • How did they use the river like. • what did they invent to farm faster. • what language did they use to write. • What does the land between two rivers mean. • what where Mesopotamians before they settled.
Ancient Mesopotamia 2024-10-21
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- The system of how people interact and live together in a community
- Able to support the growth of many plants; capable of producing new life
- The religious belief of many gods
- A wall or barrier built to prevent flooding
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- A self-governing city that controls the land around it
- A Mesopotamian temple with a pyramid shape and staircases on the outside walls
- A tall, thin grass used to draw on clay tablets
- A person whose job is copying written information
- An ancient form of writing that used symbols carved into wet clay tablets
- Small particles of rock, minerals, and soil carried in water
10 Clues: The religious belief of many gods • A wall or barrier built to prevent flooding • A tall, thin grass used to draw on clay tablets • A person whose job is copying written information • A self-governing city that controls the land around it • Small particles of rock, minerals, and soil carried in water • ...
Vocabulary Mesopotamia 2024-10-21
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- a person skilled at making things by hand
- a pyramid shaped temple in Sumerian city-states
- a category of people based on wealth or status in society
- the earliest form of writing, invented by the Sumerians
- the supply of water to fields using human made systems
- a belief in many gods
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- an extreme lack of crops or good causing widespread hunger
- a formal series of acts always performed in the same way; a religious ceremony
- a self governing unit made up of a city and it's surrounding lands and settlements;a city that controls the surrounding villages and towns
- a group of different lands and people governed by one ruler
10 Clues: a belief in many gods • a person skilled at making things by hand • a pyramid shaped temple in Sumerian city-states • the supply of water to fields using human made systems • the earliest form of writing, invented by the Sumerians • a category of people based on wealth or status in society • an extreme lack of crops or good causing widespread hunger • ...
Mesopotamia Vocab 2024-12-12
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- - A large, tiered temple structure built in ancient Mesopotamia, dedicated to the gods.
- - Belief in or worship of multiple gods and deities.
- - Fine, rich soil deposited by rivers, often making the land fertile.
- - A group of territories or peoples ruled by a single supreme authority, often an emperor or king.
- - A system of writing developed by the Sumerians, using wedge-shaped marks on clay tablets.
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- - A fortified entrance to a city, often serving as a point of trade and defense.
- - The artificial application of water to land to aid in growing crops, especially in dry areas.
- - An amount of goods or resources beyond what is needed for immediate use, often stored for future use or trade.
- - A substance added to soil to enhance its fertility and support plant growth.
- - Land that is rich in nutrients and capable of producing abundant crops.
10 Clues: - Belief in or worship of multiple gods and deities. • - Fine, rich soil deposited by rivers, often making the land fertile. • - Land that is rich in nutrients and capable of producing abundant crops. • - A substance added to soil to enhance its fertility and support plant growth. • ...
Exipto-Mesopotamia 2025-05-08
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- Imaxe A
- Sepulcro decorado con relevos e inscricións para protexer ao defunto na vida despois da morte, a miúdo coa figura xacente do defunto sobre a tapa.
- Monumento monolítico de carácter conmemorativo, alto e estreito, con catro caras que se estreitan cara a un remate piramidal chamado piramidión.
- Tipo de templo mesopotámico que constituía unha monumental estrutura en forma de pirámide escalonada e conectaba simbolicamente o ceo e a terra.
- Monarca mesopotámico con funcións políticas e militares superiores ás do ensi, que se encargaba de promulgar as leis, impartir xustiza e supervisar a recadación de impostos.
- Ladrillo ou bloque de barro e de palla moldeado que se seca ao sol, moi característico da arquitectura mesopotámica.
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- Perspectiva empregada na pintura exipcia, na que as figuras son representadas de maior ou menor tamaño en función do seu maior ou menor rango e importancia.
- Relixión baseada na crenza en varios deuses, como as practicadas polas civilizacións antigas exipcia e mesopotámica.
- Cada unha das 42 provincias en que se dividía Exipto, administrada por un funcionario ao servizo do faraón, denominado nomarca.
- Imaxe B
10 Clues: Imaxe A • Imaxe B • Relixión baseada na crenza en varios deuses, como as practicadas polas civilizacións antigas exipcia e mesopotámica. • Ladrillo ou bloque de barro e de palla moldeado que se seca ao sol, moi característico da arquitectura mesopotámica. • ...
Mesopotamia Empires 2025-10-15
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- first empire in Mesopotamia
- Expanded their empire through military might.
- A powerful empire known for its laws and culture.
- of Akkad The first ruler to unite the city-states under a single empire.
- A famous Babylonian king who unified the region.
- A major cultural and political center.
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- A military-focused empire
- Sargon's grandson, who expanded the empire to its greatest extent
- known for the principle of "an eye for an eye“.
- or Chaldean Empire; The last Mesopotamian-ruled society
10 Clues: A military-focused empire • first empire in Mesopotamia • A major cultural and political center. • Expanded their empire through military might. • known for the principle of "an eye for an eye“. • A famous Babylonian king who unified the region. • A powerful empire known for its laws and culture. • or Chaldean Empire; The last Mesopotamian-ruled society • ...
Mesopotamia Terms 2025-11-24
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- An independent city and the surrounding farmland.
- Large step-pyramid temples built by the Sumerians; they had ramps, stairs, and several levels.
- The process of supplying water to land or crops by using canals, ditches, pipes, and streams.
- A religion that has belief in one god.
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- A religion that has beliefs in many gods.
- A complex society with a stable food supply, specialization of labor, system of government, social levels, and a highly developed culture.
- A professional writer or record keeper.
- To trade or exchange goods or services without the use of money.
- An ancient written language used by Mesopotamian civilizations with wedge-shaped characters pressed into wet clay.
- A nation and the other nations that it has conquered.
10 Clues: A religion that has belief in one god. • A professional writer or record keeper. • A religion that has beliefs in many gods. • An independent city and the surrounding farmland. • A nation and the other nations that it has conquered. • To trade or exchange goods or services without the use of money. • ...
Isaiah 2023-04-06
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- A country in North Africa, known for its ancient civilization and modern-day pyramids.
- Great sorrow or distress.
- Immoral or grossly unfair behavior.
- A country in the Middle East known for its cedar trees and mountains.
- A modest or low view of one's own importance; humbleness.
- The state of being pure and morally perfect.
- An ancient city in Mesopotamia
- The state of being barred from one's native country
- The free and unmerited favor of God
- A city in Palestine, regarded as sacred by Jews, Christians, and Muslims.
- Complete trust or confidence in someone or something.
- A prediction or a divine communication of something that is to come.
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- The action of returning something to a former owner, place, or condition.
- Deliverance from sin and its consequences
- The action of repenting; sincere regret or remorse.
- A hill in Jerusalem, the Jewish homeland or the Jewish people collectively.
- A feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen.
- High renown or honor won by notable achievements.
- An ancient empire in Mesopotamia, centered in the city of Nineveh.
- Lack of religious belief; skepticism or doubt concerning religion.
- The worship of idols or excessive devotion to something.
- The action of saving or being saved from sin, error, or evil.
- The ability to make considered decisions or come to sensible conclusions.
23 Clues: Great sorrow or distress. • An ancient city in Mesopotamia • Immoral or grossly unfair behavior. • The free and unmerited favor of God • Deliverance from sin and its consequences • The state of being pure and morally perfect. • High renown or honor won by notable achievements. • The action of repenting; sincere regret or remorse. • ...
The Phoenicians 2017-12-18
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- Independent state that works with other states to achieve a shared military or political goal
- diffusion From one region to another
- Crescent A region with good conditions for growing crops that stretches from the Mediterranean coast east through Mesopotamia
- Worship of many gods or deities
- Independent state consisting of a city and its surrounding territory
- code A set of of laws that are governed life in the babylonian empire
- To supply water to
- army A permanent army of professional soldiers
- Is a good or service produced in a country and sold outside the country’s borders
- Grand stone pillar
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- Soldiers who fight while riding horses
- A payment or gift to a stronger power
- Money that is used as a medium of exchange,usually bills or coins
- of law Idea that all member of society even the rich and powerful must obey the law
- Is a small set of letters or symbols
- Mesopotamian system of writing that uses triangular-shaped symbols to stand for ideas or things
- Is a good service sold within a country that is produced in another country
- Wide,flat plain between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in present- day Iraq
- The art from steering a ship from place to place
- Brick,pyramid-shaped Mesopotamian
- State containing several countries or territories
- Trading system in which people exchange goods directly without using money
22 Clues: To supply water to • Grand stone pillar • Worship of many gods or deities • Brick,pyramid-shaped Mesopotamian • Is a small set of letters or symbols • diffusion From one region to another • A payment or gift to a stronger power • Soldiers who fight while riding horses • army A permanent army of professional soldiers • The art from steering a ship from place to place • ...
The Phoenicians 2017-12-18
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- Soldiers who fight while riding horses
- diffusion From one region to another
- Mesopotamian system of writing that uses triangular-shaped symbols to stand for ideas or things
- Wide,flat plain between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in present- day Iraq
- The art from steering a ship from place to place
- Worship of many gods or deities
- army A permanent army of professional soldiers
- A region with good conditions for growing crops that stretches from the Mediterranean coast east through Mesopotamia
- Is a good service sold within a country that is produced in another country
- Is a small set of letters or symbols
- of law Idea that all member of society even the rich and powerful must obey the law
- Brick,pyramid-shaped Mesopotamian
- State containing several countries or territories
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- A payment or gift to a stronger power
- A set of of laws that are governed life in the babylonian empire
- Independent state that works with other states to achieve a shared military or political goal
- Independent state consisting of a city and its surrounding territory
- Money that is used as a medium of exchange,usually bills or coins
- To supply water to
- Is a good or service produced in a country and sold outside the country’s borders
- Grand stone pillar
- Trading system in which people exchange goods directly without using money
22 Clues: To supply water to • Grand stone pillar • Worship of many gods or deities • Brick,pyramid-shaped Mesopotamian • diffusion From one region to another • Is a small set of letters or symbols • A payment or gift to a stronger power • Soldiers who fight while riding horses • army A permanent army of professional soldiers • The art from steering a ship from place to place • ...
C. Perkembangan Kerja Sama Dunia 2025-02-25
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- Bentuk kerja sama di mana satu negara membantu negara lain dalam bidang militer
- sriwijaya menjadi pusat perkembangan agama
- Kerja sama ekonomi yang dilakukan oleh beberapa negara di kawasan Asia Tenggara
- bentuk stempel perdagangan yg menunjukkan hubungan perdagangan dengan bangsa
- Jalur sutra sudah aktif sejak beberapa ratus tahun dan dibukanya jalur laut pada sekitar abad ke
- Organisasi keuangan dunia yang memberikan bantuan keuangan kepada negara anggota
- pada masa itu Mesopotamia mengalami perkembangan populasi yg sangat pesat namun mereka kekurangan
- pada awal perkembangan kebudayaan manusia, beberapa masyarakat tinggal di daerah lembah
- di antara beberapa jalur perdagangan klasik yg sangat ramai di lewati oleh para pedagang adalah
- Organisasi negara-negara pengekspor minyak dunia
- era kolonialisme Eropa dan perkembangan industri kemudian menjadi pemicu yg signifikan, hingga saat ini dengan kemunculannya fenomena
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- lembah di daerah mana awal interaksi antar peradaban di temukan di sungai
- Kerja sama yang dilakukan oleh dua negara disebut kerja sama …
- kenapa setiap peradaban memiliki karakteristik yg berbeda, karna perbedaan
- Organisasi internasional yang menangani masalah kesehatan global
- Perjanjian kerja sama yang melibatkan lebih dari dua negara disebut kerja sama
- Organisasi yang menaungi negara-negara di dunia untuk menjaga perdamaian
- sebutkan satu peradaban yg mencapai puncak kemajuan sebelum Masehi yaitu sungai
- Organisasi yang berfokus pada pendidikan, ilmu pengetahuan, dan kebudayaan dunia
- Organisasi perdagangan dunia yang mengatur aturan perdagangan internasional
20 Clues: sriwijaya menjadi pusat perkembangan agama • Organisasi negara-negara pengekspor minyak dunia • Kerja sama yang dilakukan oleh dua negara disebut kerja sama … • Organisasi internasional yang menangani masalah kesehatan global • Organisasi yang menaungi negara-negara di dunia untuk menjaga perdamaian • ...
HISTORY VOCAB 2025-08-28
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- the study of ancient and recent human past through material remains
- a boomerang-shaped region in the Middle East with fertile land where early civilizations developed
- the period of time before anything was written
- a rectangular stepped tower, sometimes surmounted by a temple. located in the region of ancient Mesopotamia
- the transformation of human society, humans started farming
- a prehistoric megalithic monument consisting of a large circle of standing stones
- arrange rules or laws into a systematic code
- a person who copies out documents, especially one employed to do this before printing was invented.
- the later part of the stone age
- a man-made object, typically of historical or cultural interest
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- wedge-shaped characters used in the ancient writing systems of Mesopotamia, Persia, and Ugarit
- modern humans
- nomads in the Paleolithic time period
- the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively.
- the stage of human social and cultural development and organization that is considered most advanced.
- a pictorial symbol for a word or phrase, also the earliest known form of writing
- to tame an animal and keep it as a pet or produce
- the early phase of the Stone Age
- a member of people that have no permanent abode
- a worker in a skilled trade, especially one that involves making things by hand.
20 Clues: modern humans • the later part of the stone age • the early phase of the Stone Age • nomads in the Paleolithic time period • arrange rules or laws into a systematic code • the period of time before anything was written • a member of people that have no permanent abode • to tame an animal and keep it as a pet or produce • ...
LUCA MILAZZO 2021-04-07
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- musica non strumentale
- Scala con 5 suoni
- le usavano tribù per festeggiare
- si pizzica in Giappone
- strumento religioso egiziano
- musica delle antiche tribù
- Musica che nasce dal popolo
- È divisa in 24 quarti ti tono
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- musica adatta a chi è più istruito
- flauto giapponese
- prima grande civiltà
- strumento a corde cinese
- strumento a percussione africano
- tamburello africano
- strumento a percussione cinese
- era attribuito alla musica in Cina
16 Clues: flauto giapponese • Scala con 5 suoni • tamburello africano • prima grande civiltà • musica non strumentale • si pizzica in Giappone • strumento a corde cinese • musica delle antiche tribù • Musica che nasce dal popolo • strumento religioso egiziano • È divisa in 24 quarti ti tono • strumento a percussione cinese • le usavano tribù per festeggiare • strumento a percussione africano • ...
Judaism 2024-11-19
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- most sacred text
- started Judaism
- received Ten Commandments from God
- where Abraham left
- helped in Exodus by Moses
- scattering of Jewish people
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- belief in many gods
- holiday that celebrates being allowed to keep their religion
- the Holy Land
- religious teachers
- guidelines for daily life and prayer
- being king and fair
- religious food law
13 Clues: the Holy Land • started Judaism • most sacred text • religious teachers • where Abraham left • religious food law • belief in many gods • being king and fair • helped in Exodus by Moses • scattering of Jewish people • received Ten Commandments from God • guidelines for daily life and prayer • holiday that celebrates being allowed to keep their religion
meso-pop-culture 2022-10-26
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- rules that must be obeyed
- over-flowing water covering the land
- person who farms
- people who write Cuneiform
- Mesopotamian writing
- Mesopotamian temple
- ruler of city-states
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- powerful people that Mesopotamian worshiped
- ancient Mesopotamian king
- Mesopotamian civilizations
- bodies of water that ran through Mesopotamia
- person who fishes
- a system of watering land
13 Clues: person who farms • person who fishes • Mesopotamian temple • Mesopotamian writing • ruler of city-states • ancient Mesopotamian king • rules that must be obeyed • a system of watering land • Mesopotamian civilizations • people who write Cuneiform • over-flowing water covering the land • powerful people that Mesopotamian worshiped • bodies of water that ran through Mesopotamia
Ancient Egypt and Mythology 2022-09-07
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- God of the sun
- Osiris’s sister & wife
- Lifeblood of the ancient Egyptians
- Osiris’s son
- Another great ancient civilization
- Texts Recorded important religious ideas
- Osiris’s brother & enemy
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- Tombs of Pharaohs
- God of Grain & the Nile
- Writing system of pictures
- Rulers in ancient Egypt
- Egyptian god; lord and maker of law
- Environmental enemy of Egyptians
- Tombs of Pharaohs
- His tomb escaped grave robbers
15 Clues: Osiris’s son • God of the sun • Tombs of Pharaohs • Tombs of Pharaohs • Osiris’s sister & wife • God of Grain & the Nile • Rulers in ancient Egypt • Osiris’s brother & enemy • Writing system of pictures • His tomb escaped grave robbers • Environmental enemy of Egyptians • Lifeblood of the ancient Egyptians • Another great ancient civilization • Egyptian god; lord and maker of law • ...
Global History Final 2024-06-11
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- Yangtze and Huang He Rivers
- Cause of flooding in India
- 1st civilization
- Belief in multiple gods
- Martin Luther led the _____ Reformation
- Important Trade Route
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- Modern day Mexico
- Abbreviation for your high school
- All roads lead to ____
- Capital of East Rome
- River used in Egypt
- Roman leader who persecuted Christians
- Used a Pharaoh
13 Clues: Used a Pharaoh • 1st civilization • Modern day Mexico • River used in Egypt • Capital of East Rome • Important Trade Route • All roads lead to ____ • Belief in multiple gods • Cause of flooding in India • Yangtze and Huang He Rivers • Abbreviation for your high school • Roman leader who persecuted Christians • Martin Luther led the _____ Reformation
Jusdism 2024-11-19
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- most sacred text
- started Judaism
- received Ten Commandments from God
- where Abraham left
- helped in exodus by Moses
- scattering of the Jewish people
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- belief in many gods
- holiday that celebrates being allowed to keep their religion
- the Holy Land
- religious teachers
- guidelines for daily life and prayer
- being kind and fair
- religious food law
13 Clues: the Holy Land • started Judaism • most sacred text • religious teachers • where Abraham left • religious food law • belief in many gods • being kind and fair • helped in exodus by Moses • scattering of the Jewish people • received Ten Commandments from God • guidelines for daily life and prayer • holiday that celebrates being allowed to keep their religion
Mr. Nicky ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA 2025-02-25
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- led his armies
- was a bunch of laws
- is ancient writing
- was the king of the Babylonians
- the first civilization in Mesopotamia
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- built roads
- River used to flood
- When it was dry they'd ________________ .
- __________ is water washed away their crops
- did lots of excavation
- River used to flood
- Sumer's city-states were always __________________ .
- Sumer
- and levees made erosion stop
14 Clues: Sumer • built roads • led his armies • is ancient writing • River used to flood • was a bunch of laws • River used to flood • did lots of excavation • and levees made erosion stop • was the king of the Babylonians • the first civilization in Mesopotamia • When it was dry they'd ________________ . • __________ is water washed away their crops • ...
Rise of Civilization 2023-08-31
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- Time period after the stone age when bronze was widely used for tools and weapons.
- Egyptian writing style that in Greek means "sacred carving".
- Skilled workers who make goods by hand.
- A city and it's surrounding land that was basically like it's own country.
- Egyptian God-kings.
- This is a large territory that has been brought together by combining several previously independent cities or nations under the control of one ruler.
- Huge triangle shaped buildings that were used as monuments and tombs for Egypt's kings.
- Type of bones and tortoise shells that had questions scratched into them for the gods.
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- Pyramid shaped building usually having stairs first found in Mesopotamia.
- Greek word meaning "land between the rivers".
- A broad, marshy triangular shaped piece of land at the mouth of a river formed by silt.
- Yellowish silt deposited by the Huang He river.
- Professional record keepers or writers.
- Political system in which nobles or lords grant are granted the use of land owned by the king. In return, nobles owe loyalty to king.
- Civilizations found in the Indus valley.
- Seasonal winds that dominate India's climate.
- Large arc of land that had some of the best farming in Southwest Asia.
- Early type of writing meaning "wedge shaped".
18 Clues: Egyptian God-kings. • Skilled workers who make goods by hand. • Professional record keepers or writers. • Civilizations found in the Indus valley. • Greek word meaning "land between the rivers". • Seasonal winds that dominate India's climate. • Early type of writing meaning "wedge shaped". • Yellowish silt deposited by the Huang He river. • ...
Social studies puzzle. 2022-01-22
11 Clues: image • image • old days • old days • language • dont move • move a lot • hunter-gatherer • a lot of people • a long time ago • city of people with a shared identity
Verde 2022-01-19
10 Clues: tecnica scultorea • pietra scheggiata • raccolta di formule • ambiente della tomba • figure rappresentative • monumento commemorativo • reperto archeologico sumero • area geografica situata nel alto Egitto • strutture religiose diffuse in Mesopotamia • elemento architettonico in pietra delle mastabe
Vocabulary 2021-09-13
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- plural of 'millennium'
- predecessors
- ancient Egyptian system of writing
- impact
- exchange (goods or services) for other goods or services without using money
- disappear
- noun of 'bury'
- mummification
- tomb
- participate
- peak
- verb of 'rich'
- one of the first cities in Mesopotamia
- verb of 'weak'
- a name of the Indus Valley people
- a person who copies out documents
- dig out
- a science which deals with celestial objects, space and the physical universe as a whole
- a nation that is ruled by an emperor
- middle ages
- native
- widespread
- verb of 'fertile'
- mention or royal residence
- past of 'found'
- noun of 'devote'
- huge
- past of ‘seek’
- a Sumerian invention
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- the land between two rivers
- opposite of 'few'
- silent letters in 'drought'
- invade
- your teacher's name
- kingdom
- noun of 'preserve'
- the doctrine or belief that there is only one God
- hundreds of years
- opposite of 'obedience'
- cuts or carves on a hard surface
- decode
- noun of 'achieve'
- vanished
- any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors
- past of 'rise'
- verb of origin
- opposite of fertile
- noun of 'believe'
- conventional
- ability to read and write
- ancient
51 Clues: tomb • peak • huge • invade • impact • decode • native • kingdom • dig out • ancient • vanished • disappear • widespread • participate • middle ages • predecessors • conventional • mummification • noun of 'bury' • verb of 'rich' • verb of 'weak' • past of 'rise' • verb of origin • past of ‘seek’ • past of 'found' • noun of 'devote' • opposite of 'few' • hundreds of years • noun of 'achieve' • noun of 'believe' • verb of 'fertile' • ...
Unit 1 Review 2015-08-19
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- During the Vedic period members played specific societal roles
- used by the Shang to ask ancestors for advice
- taught that love and respect were important
- introduction of items made from copper and tin
- legal code that was more forgiving than Hammurabi's
- allowed new rulers to justify overthrowing a ruler
- developed large trading network due to lack of raw materials
- system of Sumerian writing
- most able seafarers of early Mediterranean
- river valley that had Harappa and Mohenjo Daro
- Persian king who was tolerant of others customs
- India depended on these to bring rain for crops
- Akkadian ruler who took control of N. and S. Mesopotamia
- The Egyptian god of the sun was Amon-___.
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- sacred writings about Aryan history and society
- group that was most brutal in dealing with opposition
- unique way of life of a group of people
- granite slab used by historians to decode hieroglyphics
- Akhenaten introduced this to Egypt
- new religion in Persia in which people believed in dualism
- site of the world's first known civilization
- Kush expanded to rule this after the Middle Kingdom collapsed
- Egyptian pictures that stand for ideas and sounds.
- Most valuable product of Meroe
- became first king of Egypt
- built to foster communication within the empire
- made a uniform code of laws that unified his empire
27 Clues: became first king of Egypt • system of Sumerian writing • Most valuable product of Meroe • Akhenaten introduced this to Egypt • unique way of life of a group of people • The Egyptian god of the sun was Amon-___. • most able seafarers of early Mediterranean • taught that love and respect were important • site of the world's first known civilization • ...
Archaeology and the Bible 2025-02-03
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- Also known as the Israel Stele or the Stele of Merneptah
- King King Writer of InscriptionInsription
- Contains translations of Aramaic, Greek, and Hebrew
- Large sea found west of Israel, North of Egypt, and Greece is in it
- Known as the largest Neolithic settlement in the world along the Jordan River
- Early forms of writing that use simple pictures to represent objects or ideas
- Paper made in Ancient Egypt; made from the papyrus plant
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- Area in the modern-day Middle East where a majority of the ancient civilizations began
- Found in 11 caves around the Dead Sea
- Country found in the Middle East; Used to be Mesopotamia
- One of the earliest civilizations: found in between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
- Oldest city in the world and considered the first walled city in the world
- Also known as the Moabite Stone and was made by King Mesha of Moab
- The study of the past through artifacts
- One of the main rivers that was used for trade in Ancient Time
- One of the earliest languages; starts with an H
- Language found on the Rosetta Stone; starts with a G
- A system of writing using pictorial symbols that represent words or sounds
- Language Jesus spoke
- The Promised Land
20 Clues: The Promised Land • Language Jesus spoke • Found in 11 caves around the Dead Sea • The study of the past through artifacts • King King Writer of InscriptionInsription • One of the earliest languages; starts with an H • Contains translations of Aramaic, Greek, and Hebrew • Language found on the Rosetta Stone; starts with a G • ...
River Valley Civilizations 2025-08-20
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- → The oldest monotheistic religion is __________.
- → Seasonal heavy rains in India were called __________.
- → Civilization along the Huang He & Yangtze was __________.
- → Rivers were important because __________ enriched soil.
- → The divine right to rule was the __________ of Heaven.
- → With no barrier in the north, China built the __________.
- → Buddhism appealed to the __________ castes.
- → A tomb in Egypt was a __________.
- → The rise and fall of dynasties was the __________ Cycle.
- → Agricultural Revolution included __________ of plants/animals.
- → Egyptians believed in many gods; their religion was __________.
- → The first written law code was created by __________.
- → Farming caused __________ growth.
- → Religion founded by Siddhartha is __________.
- → A unique accomplishment of India was __________.
- → The sacred book of Islam is the __________.
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- → Civilization along the Tigris & Euphrates was __________.
- → The ruler of Egypt was the __________.
- → The Indian social system was the __________ system.
- → Hammurabi’s Code treated people __________.
- → All three monotheistic religions began in the __________.
- → Egyptians wrote in __________.
- → The goal of Buddhism is reaching __________.
- → Muslims follow the __________ Pillars
- → The caste system was part of __________ religion.
- → Mesopotamians wrote in __________.
- → Farming led to permanent __________.
- → Civilization along the Nile was __________.
- → Religion founded by Muhammad is __________.
- → All early civilizations formed near __________.
- → A temple in Mesopotamia was a __________.
- → Belief in one god is __________.
- → A negative of Mesopotamia’s geography was constant __________.
- → Egypt was protected by deserts and natural __________.
34 Clues: → Egyptians wrote in __________. • → Belief in one god is __________. • → A tomb in Egypt was a __________. • → Farming caused __________ growth. • → Mesopotamians wrote in __________. • → Farming led to permanent __________. • → Muslims follow the __________ Pillars • → The ruler of Egypt was the __________. • → A temple in Mesopotamia was a __________. • ...
Civiltà fluviali-by i Mesopotamici 2023-11-20
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- Gigantesche sculture assire.
- Terra tra 2 fiumi.
- Tipo di scrittura sumera.
- Re che ha portato il massimo splendore in Babilonia.
- Collega terra e cielo.
- Cassetta di legno intarsiata.
- Abili guerrieri.
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- Fabbricati con l' argilla.
- Gli inventano gli Assiri.
- Grande porta dei Babilonesi.
- Creata con colori "piatti".
- Si trova la grande porta dei Babilonesi.
- Materiale facilmente reperibile e modellabile.
- Statue sumere.
- Chi inventa la scrittura.
15 Clues: Statue sumere. • Abili guerrieri. • Terra tra 2 fiumi. • Collega terra e cielo. • Gli inventano gli Assiri. • Tipo di scrittura sumera. • Chi inventa la scrittura. • Fabbricati con l' argilla. • Creata con colori "piatti". • Grande porta dei Babilonesi. • Gigantesche sculture assire. • Cassetta di legno intarsiata. • Si trova la grande porta dei Babilonesi. • ...
Veronica e Giacomo 2025-05-09
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- vuol dire tra due fiumi
- era il giudice supremo,gestiva la città
- dio dell'acqua
- era costretto a versare tributi
- sapevano leggere e scrivere
- costruzione dove si celebravano i riti religiosi
- dea della fertilità e dell'amore
- la scrittura Sumera
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- dea della luna
- aiutavano il re ad amministrare le città
- dio del vento
- andavano in guerra
- non avevano diritti
- la principale città-stato
- dio del cielo
15 Clues: dio del vento • dio del cielo • dea della luna • dio dell'acqua • andavano in guerra • non avevano diritti • la scrittura Sumera • vuol dire tra due fiumi • la principale città-stato • sapevano leggere e scrivere • era costretto a versare tributi • dea della fertilità e dell'amore • era il giudice supremo,gestiva la città • aiutavano il re ad amministrare le città • ...
Vocabulary 2021-09-13
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- one of the first cities in Mesopotamia
- past of 'found'
- a nation that is ruled by an emperor
- exchange (goods or services) for other goods or services without using money
- verb of origin
- disappear
- noun of 'devote'
- middle ages
- invade
- the doctrine or belief that there is only one God
- mention or royal residence
- conventional
- dig out
- ancient Egyptian system of writing
- a person who copies out documents
- kingdom
- noun of 'believe'
- impact
- plural of 'millennium'
- noun of 'achieve'
- a name of the Indus Valley people
- past of 'rise'
- your teacher's family name
- verb of 'weak'
- native
- mummification
- verb of 'fertile'
- huge
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- participate
- widespread
- noun of 'bury'
- opposite of fertile
- vanished
- cuts or carves on a hard surface
- the land between two rivers
- opposite of 'obedience'
- silent letters in 'drought'
- a Sumerian invention
- ability to read and write
- predecessors
- peak
- tomb
- opposite of 'few'
- any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors
- noun of 'preserve'
- decode
- past of ‘seek’
- ancient
- hundreds of years
- a science which deals with celestial objects, space and the physical universe as a whole
- verb of 'rich'
51 Clues: peak • tomb • huge • invade • decode • impact • native • dig out • kingdom • ancient • vanished • disappear • widespread • participate • middle ages • predecessors • conventional • mummification • noun of 'bury' • verb of origin • past of ‘seek’ • past of 'rise' • verb of 'weak' • verb of 'rich' • past of 'found' • noun of 'devote' • opposite of 'few' • noun of 'believe' • hundreds of years • noun of 'achieve' • verb of 'fertile' • ...
World I Units 1-4 Review 2023-11-21
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- preserved for the afterlife
- school attended by boys and men in Sparta
- In the Indus Valley, known for its sewer system
- half man, half bull, eats people
- first dynasty of unified China
- Greek historian
- civilization on the island of Crete
- Sea that is shared by Greece, Egypt, and Mesopotamia
- Spartan military formation
- govern by the Golden Mean
- rigid socioeconomic class system
- Persian War battle, remembered as legendary
- south-north river
- practice started by Siddhartha Gautama
- strict rules and harsh punishment in China
- strong wind storm, influenced life in Indus Valley
- god-like ruler of Egypt
- protected Ying Zheng in the afterlife
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- practice that believes in reincarnation and moksha
- Mesopotamian city-state that became an empire
- using regional lords to govern a kingdom
- afterlife home of the pharaohs
- created an early written law code
- paleolithic advancement used for protection and heat
- north of Greece, home of Alexander the Great
- philosophy that advocates being your "best self"
- system of writing in ancient Mesopotamia
- military strength above all else
- system of written language in Indus Valley
- era that followed the agricultural revolution
- using artifacts to learn about the past
- civilization south of Egypt
- city-state that practiced democracy
- person who is not living in a settled community
- truth and knowledge is drawn out through questioning
35 Clues: Greek historian • south-north river • god-like ruler of Egypt • govern by the Golden Mean • Spartan military formation • preserved for the afterlife • civilization south of Egypt • afterlife home of the pharaohs • first dynasty of unified China • half man, half bull, eats people • military strength above all else • rigid socioeconomic class system • created an early written law code • ...
Check For Understanding - World History Vocabulary 2023-09-21
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- A self-governing city and its surrounding territory.
- An ancient region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
- A prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall.
- Individuals who recorded information in writing.
- A system of writing using wedge-shaped characters.
- An advanced society with complex culture and institutions.
- Source Materials that interpret primary sources.
- Belief in multiple gods or deities.
- Systems for ruling and organizing a society.
- A stepped pyramid temple in ancient Mesopotamia.
- The artificial watering of land for farming.
- Fine particles of soil and sediment.
- Belief systems and worship practices.
- Pictures or symbols representing words or ideas.
- Tools and inventions used to accomplish tasks to make life easier and more conveniet.
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- The act of moving from one region to another.
- An excess of resources beyond what is needed.
- The cultivation of crops and the raising of livestock.
- Able to produce abundant crops or offspring.
- Source Original historical documents or records.
- The flat land beside a river prone to flooding.
- Dry with little rainfall.
- People who move from place to place in search of resources.
- Early human societies that relied on hunting and collecting food.
- Skilled craftsmen who create goods by hand.
- Tamed or trained for human use.
- Class A division of society based on wealth and status.
- A male monarch who rules a kingdom.
28 Clues: Dry with little rainfall. • Tamed or trained for human use. • Belief in multiple gods or deities. • A male monarch who rules a kingdom. • Fine particles of soil and sediment. • Belief systems and worship practices. • Skilled craftsmen who create goods by hand. • Able to produce abundant crops or offspring. • Systems for ruling and organizing a society. • ...
B.Perkembangan Kerja Sama Dunia 2025-03-09
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- Lembaga yang didirikan pada tanggal 24 Oktober 1945 sebagai kelanjutan dari piagam Atlantik adalah lembaga...
- Prinsip Utama dalam kerja sama internasional...
- Lembah sungai di negara Mesir adalah...
- Indonesia sebagai negara besar ikut aktif dalam kerja sama regional di...
- Badan khusus yang menangani bidang pendidikan dan kebudayaan. Badan PBB tersebut dinamakan...
- Jalur perdagangan klasik yang sangat ramai dilewati para pedagang yang dikenal dengan nama jalur...
- Negara dengan ekonomi terbesar di ASEAN adalah...
- The Group of Twenty yang biasa dikenal dengan...
- Segel sharkalisharri berasal dari kekaisaran...
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- United Nations (UN) Atau Perserikatan Bangsa-bangsa (PBB) merupakan kerja sama...
- Wilayah yang mengalami perkembangan populasi yang sangat pesat sehingga menciptakan kelas sosial yang lebih kompleks adalah wilayah...
- Kerja sama yang dilakukan oleh dua negara.kerja sama ini dilandasi oleh hubungan baik dan manfaat yang saling menguntungkan. Teks tersebut adalah pengertian dari...
- Lembaga kerja sama internasional yang bekerja sama dengan 10 negara adalah...
- Peradaban Mesopotamia berkembang di lembah sungai...
- Badan khusus yang menangani bidang pemberdayaan anak anak yang membutuhkan bantuan. Badan PBB tersebut dinamakan...
- Negara yang menggabungkan diri di ASEAN pada tanggal 29-30 juli 1995 adalah negara...
- Badan khusus yang menangani bidang kesehatan. Badan PBB tersebut dinamakan...
- Negara yang menggabungkan diri di ASEAN pada tanggal 30 April 1999 adalah negara...
- Lembah sungai di negara Tiongkok adalah...
- Organisasi kerja sama ekonomi Asia-Pasifik adalah...
20 Clues: Lembah sungai di negara Mesir adalah... • Lembah sungai di negara Tiongkok adalah... • Prinsip Utama dalam kerja sama internasional... • The Group of Twenty yang biasa dikenal dengan... • Segel sharkalisharri berasal dari kekaisaran... • Negara dengan ekonomi terbesar di ASEAN adalah... • Peradaban Mesopotamia berkembang di lembah sungai... • ...
B.Perkembangan Kerja Sama Dunia 2025-03-09
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- Lembaga yang didirikan pada tanggal 24 Oktober 1945 sebagai kelanjutan dari piagam Atlantik adalah lembaga...
- Prinsip Utama dalam kerja sama internasional...
- Lembah sungai di negara Mesir adalah...
- Indonesia sebagai negara besar ikut aktif dalam kerja sama regional di...
- Badan khusus yang menangani bidang pendidikan dan kebudayaan. Badan PBB tersebut dinamakan...
- Jalur perdagangan klasik yang sangat ramai dilewati para pedagang yang dikenal dengan nama jalur...
- Negara dengan ekonomi terbesar di ASEAN adalah...
- The Group of Twenty yang biasa dikenal dengan...
- Segel sharkalisharri berasal dari kekaisaran...
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- United Nations (UN) Atau Perserikatan Bangsa-bangsa (PBB) merupakan kerja sama...
- Wilayah yang mengalami perkembangan populasi yang sangat pesat sehingga menciptakan kelas sosial yang lebih kompleks adalah wilayah...
- Kerja sama yang dilakukan oleh dua negara.kerja sama ini dilandasi oleh hubungan baik dan manfaat yang saling menguntungkan. Teks tersebut adalah pengertian dari...
- Lembaga kerja sama internasional yang bekerja sama dengan 10 negara adalah...
- Peradaban Mesopotamia berkembang di lembah sungai...
- Badan khusus yang menangani bidang pemberdayaan anak anak yang membutuhkan bantuan. Badan PBB tersebut dinamakan...
- Negara yang menggabungkan diri di ASEAN pada tanggal 29-30 juli 1995 adalah negara...
- Badan khusus yang menangani bidang kesehatan. Badan PBB tersebut dinamakan...
- Negara yang menggabungkan diri di ASEAN pada tanggal 30 April 1999 adalah negara...
- Lembah sungai di negara Tiongkok adalah...
- Organisasi kerja sama ekonomi Asia-Pasifik adalah...
20 Clues: Lembah sungai di negara Mesir adalah... • Lembah sungai di negara Tiongkok adalah... • Prinsip Utama dalam kerja sama internasional... • The Group of Twenty yang biasa dikenal dengan... • Segel sharkalisharri berasal dari kekaisaran... • Negara dengan ekonomi terbesar di ASEAN adalah... • Peradaban Mesopotamia berkembang di lembah sungai... • ...
Mesopotamia vocabulary crossword 2021-11-16
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- m
- An ancient Samarian writing system of wedge shaped markings
- A politician unit with a city and nearby farmland
- A set of written rules for people to obey
- A period of little rainfall, and growing crops is difficult
- An ancient region of southern Mesopotamia
- A group of people with similar customs, backgrounds, trading, and income
- A person who specializes in writing as record keeper
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- Flat land bordering a river
- The ruler of the Babylonian empire for 42 years and expanded the empire
- A human society with an advanced level of development
- A group of territories and people brought together under one supreme ruler
- A picture or drawing that represents a word/idea
- Having little rainfall and warm temperatures
- A sharpened reed used to make markings on clay tablets
15 Clues: m • Flat land bordering a river • A set of written rules for people to obey • An ancient region of southern Mesopotamia • Having little rainfall and warm temperatures • A picture or drawing that represents a word/idea • A politician unit with a city and nearby farmland • A person who specializes in writing as record keeper • ...
Farming in Mesopotamia 2012-12-13
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- When irrigation ditches were not maintained, a large ____ shortage would ensure.
- The farmers produced extra crops and this allowed for growth of cities, towns, and ____________.
- In Mesopotamia when farming the farmers needed to know _____(number) important thing to keep their crops alive.
- Farmer grew most of their plants here
- This form of writing was first used when farmers recorded farm surpluses.
- Caused many problems with the man-made irrigation systems.
- Timing of these were in the late spring or early summer.
- This was inside of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers and made it hard for the plants to grow.
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- Silt is a mixture of tiny bits of soil and rock carried and _________ by a river.
- Most common crop grown in Mesopotamia
- A system of supplying (land) with water by means of artificial canals, ditches, especially to promote the growth of food crops
- These did not reach into the soil because of the small amount of rainfall.
- These caused difficulty in growing crops.
- Water from these didn't help the crops grow
- Barley could be made into flour for bread,made into ____, or fermented and turned into beer.
15 Clues: Most common crop grown in Mesopotamia • Farmer grew most of their plants here • These caused difficulty in growing crops. • Water from these didn't help the crops grow • Timing of these were in the late spring or early summer. • Caused many problems with the man-made irrigation systems. • This form of writing was first used when farmers recorded farm surpluses. • ...
Mesopotamia Kennedy Gooden 2015-10-18
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- human-made waterways
- People who performed religious ceremonies
- picture symbols
- hierarchy The division of society by rank or class
- The worlds first writing system
- code a set of 282 laws
- Long poems that tell the stories of heroes
- The worship of many gods
- land with different territories and people under a single rule
- Countryside
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- more than they needed
- a ruler of a kingdom or empire
- The science or building
- writer
- a pyramid shaped temple tower
15 Clues: writer • Countryside • picture symbols • human-made waterways • more than they needed • The science or building • code a set of 282 laws • The worship of many gods • a pyramid shaped temple tower • a ruler of a kingdom or empire • The worlds first writing system • People who performed religious ceremonies • Long poems that tell the stories of heroes • ...
Confusion is Occuring 2025-02-12
11 Clues: Not a planet • Largest bear • controls the sea • A beautiful flower • The first civilization • Not a triangular prism • These ponies love clouds • Use a rope when climbing • Fastest bird in the desert • A flower; message(Enola Holmes) • the headmaster and powerful wizard
Mesopotamia 2024-10-03
Unit 2 Vocab Crossword 2024-08-29
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- The kind of housing or shelter people had after the Neolithic Revolution
- Region (mostly the Arabian Peninsula) with hot, dry, desert climate - but also containing Mesopotamia
- Part of the Stone Age before the invention of farming
- River Valley civilization location on the border of modern Pakistan and India
- government by religious leaders
- Belief in only one God - incredibly rare in ancient world
- Main result of Neolithic Revolution that allowed some people to do some jobs other than farming
- When Egyptians adopted the idea of a written language from the Sumerians, that was an example of _________ __________
- fertile land in between the Tigris and Euphrates
- Access to this was necessary for early civilizations, meaning most grew up alongside rivers
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- Favorable geography for founding civilizations because of easy access to water; most of the first civilizations were founded in these
- Belief in many gods - held by nearly all ancient religions
- Stone Age time when farming was invented
- first written legal code (established in ancient Babylon)
- The Sumerian written language - earliest developed
- A group of people who share means of communication, government,specialized work, religion, art, etc.
- People who study the past by investigating ancient artifacts
- River along which Egyptian Civilization grew up
18 Clues: government by religious leaders • Stone Age time when farming was invented • River along which Egyptian Civilization grew up • fertile land in between the Tigris and Euphrates • The Sumerian written language - earliest developed • Part of the Stone Age before the invention of farming • first written legal code (established in ancient Babylon) • ...
mesopotamia crossword puzzle 2024-10-14
9 Clues: set of rules • to move water • dividing class • type of writing • more than enough • used for farming • place to worship • place for farming • landmass with water around it
DSP 2023-08-31
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- a group of states or territories controlled by one ruler
- Ruling family
- the way of life of a society, which is handed down from one generation to the next by learning and experience
- region within the Fertile Crescent that lies between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
- system of writing in which pictures called hieroglyphs represent objects, concepts, or sounds
- a complex, highly organized social order
- to arrange or set down in writing
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- (1792 B.C.–1750 B.C.) Hammurabi became the first king of the Babylonian empire. He inherited the power from his father, who extended Babylon’s control across Mesopotamia. Hammurabi is known for writing the first code of law in recorded history.
- believing in one god
- believing in many gods
- a political unit that includes a city and its surrounding lands and villages
- the era of prehistory that lasted from at least 2 million b.c. to about 9000 b.c.; also called the Old Stone Age
- title of the rulers of ancient Egypt
- the final era of prehistory, which began about 9000.b.c.; also called the New Stone Age
- person who moves from place to place in search of food
- system of ranking groups
16 Clues: Ruling family • believing in one god • believing in many gods • system of ranking groups • to arrange or set down in writing • title of the rulers of ancient Egypt • a complex, highly organized social order • person who moves from place to place in search of food • a group of states or territories controlled by one ruler • ...
Origins of Civilization Vocab by Mauricio Mendoza 2023-09-02
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- to arrange or set down in writing
- system of writing in which pictures called hieroglyphs represent objects, concepts, or sounds
- region within the Fertile Crescent that lies between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
- the way of life of a society, which is handed down from one generation to the next by learning and experience
- title of the rulers of ancient Egypt
- person who moves from place to place in search of food
- (1792 B.C.–1750 B.C.) Hammurabi became the first king of the Babylonian empire. He inherited the power from his father, who extended Babylon’s control across Mesopotamia. Hammurabi is known for writing the first code of law in recorded history
- believing in one god
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- system of ranking groups
- believing in many gods
- Period the era of prehistory that lasted from at least 2 million b.c. to about 9000 b.c.; also called the Old Stone Age
- a complex, highly organized social order
- ruling family
- a political unit that includes a city and its surrounding lands and villages
- a group of states or territories controlled by one ruler
- Period the final era of prehistory, which began about 9000.b.c.; also called the New Stone Age
16 Clues: ruling family • believing in one god • believing in many gods • system of ranking groups • to arrange or set down in writing • title of the rulers of ancient Egypt • a complex, highly organized social order • person who moves from place to place in search of food • a group of states or territories controlled by one ruler • ...
Ancient Egypt & Mythology 2022-09-06
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- Osiris son
- Sun God
- Ancient civilizations
- Earth Goddess
- God of life, death Resurrection
- Wrote De Slide El Osiride
- Lord and maker of the law
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- Text Ancient writing used by Egyptians
- Writing system of picture
- Lifeblood of the ancient Egyptians
- Where wealthy Egyptians were buried
- Wedge-shaped Script
- A mix of god and man
- Evil in the universe
- of Tutankhamen The tomb that escaped robbers
15 Clues: Sun God • Osiris son • Earth Goddess • Wedge-shaped Script • A mix of god and man • Evil in the universe • Ancient civilizations • Writing system of picture • Wrote De Slide El Osiride • Lord and maker of the law • God of life, death Resurrection • Lifeblood of the ancient Egyptians • Where wealthy Egyptians were buried • of Tutankhamen The tomb that escaped robbers • ...
ATTRAVERSO LA STORIA - Le Mesopotamiche 2023-11-20
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- invenzione geniale dei Sumeri
- come sono gli Assiri
- materiale facilmente reperibile
- materiale per decorare
- le individuano i Sumeri e i Babilonesi
- li costruivano con i mattoni
- nome della famosa porta babilonese
- scrittura sumera
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- re raffigurato nella Caccia al leone
- tempio con diverse funzioni
- sculture sumere
- terra tra i fiumi
- come erano le scene rituali
- piccola casetta di legno
- colossali sculture di animali fantastici
15 Clues: sculture sumere • scrittura sumera • terra tra i fiumi • come sono gli Assiri • materiale per decorare • piccola casetta di legno • tempio con diverse funzioni • come erano le scene rituali • li costruivano con i mattoni • invenzione geniale dei Sumeri • materiale facilmente reperibile • nome della famosa porta babilonese • re raffigurato nella Caccia al leone • ...
Mesopotamia vocabulary crossword 2021-11-16
Across
- m
- An ancient Samarian writing system of wedge shaped markings
- A politician unit with a city and nearby farmland
- A set of written rules for people to obey
- A period of little rainfall and warm temperatures
- An ancient region of southern Mesopotamia
- A group of people with similar customs, backgrounds, trading, and income
- A person who specializes in writing as record keeper
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- Flat land bordering a river
- The ruler of the Babylonian empire for 42 years and expanded the empire
- A human society with an advanced level of development
- A group of territories and people brought together under one supreme ruler
- A picture or drawing that represents a word/idea
- Having little rainfall and warm temperatures
- A sharpened reed used to make markings on clay tablets
15 Clues: m • Flat land bordering a river • A set of written rules for people to obey • An ancient region of southern Mesopotamia • Having little rainfall and warm temperatures • A picture or drawing that represents a word/idea • A politician unit with a city and nearby farmland • A period of little rainfall and warm temperatures • ...
Mesopotamia vocabulary crossword 2021-11-16
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- A set of written rules for people to obey
- A sharpened reed used to make markings on clay tablets
- A group of territories and people brought together under one supreme ruler
- m
- A period of little rainfall, and growing crops is difficult
- Flat land bordering a river
- A human society with an advanced level of development
- A politician unit with a city and nearby farmland
- An ancient Samarian writing system of wedge shaped markings
- The ruler of the Babylonian empire for 42 years and expanded the empire
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- A picture or drawing that represents a word/idea
- An ancient region of southern Mesopotamia
- Having little rainfall and warm temperatures
- A person who specializes in writing as record keeper
- A group of people with similar customs, backgrounds, trading, and income
15 Clues: m • Flat land bordering a river • A set of written rules for people to obey • An ancient region of southern Mesopotamia • Having little rainfall and warm temperatures • A picture or drawing that represents a word/idea • A politician unit with a city and nearby farmland • A person who specializes in writing as record keeper • ...
Ancient Mesopotamia crossword 2023-12-05
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- A Demi-God that possessed super human strength. Oldest piece of epic western literature.
- A group of states under a single authority.
- The sun is the center of the solar system and the planets rotate around the sun.
- A temple where Sumerians believed gods and goddesses ruled the city.
- A government where priests rule in the name of a god or gods.
- The land between 2 rivers.
- To worship multiple gods or deities.
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- An area of fertile land in the Middle East, located by the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
- A strict and harsh set of laws in ancient Mesopotamian times.
- A wanderer, someone who travels place to place without a permanent residence.
- Wedge-shaped writing on clay tablets.
- A society controlled by men, or a society that favors men.
- A small area surrounding a large city.
- A small stringed instrument similar to a lute or mandolin.
- An embankment built to prevent the overflow of a river.
15 Clues: The land between 2 rivers. • To worship multiple gods or deities. • Wedge-shaped writing on clay tablets. • A small area surrounding a large city. • A group of states under a single authority. • An embankment built to prevent the overflow of a river. • A society controlled by men, or a society that favors men. • ...
Ancient Mesopotamia Crossword 2022-03-22
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- of Hammurabi. Oldest written book of law in the world.
- Hanging Garden of Babylon. Built by Nebuchadnezzar for the enjoyment of his wife.
- crescent, land located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
- A agricultural area walled city in the center of the region, ruled by its own government led by a king.
- One of the worlds first city-states.
- Empire, founded by Hammurabi in 1792 BCE, the Babylonian were the first to form an empire that would encompass all of Mesopotamia.
- He was a king of the Babylonian empire who constructed Hanging garden of Babylon and Jerusalem's temple.
- King of the Babylonian gods
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- Written language that evolved from pictographs to phonograms.
- A social order ruled by a king. Demigod, The belief that king were part man and part god.
- Epic of Gilgamesh. One of the oldest and most famous stories about demigod.
- the belief that kings were part man and part god.
- Large Temples found in the middle of a town.
- Religious belief in more than one god.
- Empire, The Assyrians were one of the major peoples to live in Mesopotamia during ancient times. Fertile Crescent, Land located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
- Important king who developed an overarching set laws for all citizens to follow.
16 Clues: King of the Babylonian gods • One of the worlds first city-states. • Religious belief in more than one god. • Large Temples found in the middle of a town. • the belief that kings were part man and part god. • of Hammurabi. Oldest written book of law in the world. • Written language that evolved from pictographs to phonograms. • ...
Neolitico e Mesopotamia 2020-11-10
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- la "culla della civiltà"
- occhio per occhio, dente per dente
- Divino sovrano di Uruk
- spesso di guerra o di debito
- feroci tribù dei monti Zagros
- alternanza di coltivazioni
- Stato indipendente costituito da una città
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- sistema di calcolo sumero
- Piramide di origine sumera
- Famoso codice inciso su una stele
- scrittura a segni su tavolette d'argilla
- La "città più antica del mondo"
- Fango che rende il terreno fertile
- vertice della società sumera
- popolo sotto la guida di Sargon il Grande
15 Clues: Divino sovrano di Uruk • la "culla della civiltà" • sistema di calcolo sumero • Piramide di origine sumera • alternanza di coltivazioni • spesso di guerra o di debito • vertice della società sumera • feroci tribù dei monti Zagros • La "città più antica del mondo" • Famoso codice inciso su una stele • occhio per occhio, dente per dente • Fango che rende il terreno fertile • ...
Mesopotamia Crossword Puzzle 2024-11-22
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- To be trained in the art of writing
- Picture symbol
- Country-Side area
- Long poems that tell the story of heroes
- City area
- A large temple
- A self governing city
- An extra of something
- Where everyone had there own specialized jobs
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- A fertile farmland located in-between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
- A way to supply water to an area
- Belief in many gods
- Human-Made waterways
- Land with different territories and people under one rule
- A way to supply water to an area
- A mixture of rich dirt and rocks
16 Clues: City area • Picture symbol • A large temple • Country-Side area • Belief in many gods • Human-Made waterways • A self governing city • An extra of something • A way to supply water to an area • A way to supply water to an area • A mixture of rich dirt and rocks • To be trained in the art of writing • Long poems that tell the story of heroes • ...
ss crossword 2022-01-07
9 Clues: its Greek • multiple gods • its a religion • its in the bible • its a civilization • the fertile crescent • Mesopotamian alphabet • the first civilization • its kind of like a castle
DSP 2023-08-31
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- a group of states or territories controlled by one ruler
- Ruling family
- the way of life of a society, which is handed down from one generation to the next by learning and experience
- region within the Fertile Crescent that lies between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
- system of writing in which pictures called hieroglyphs represent objects, concepts, or sounds
- a complex, highly organized social order
- to arrange or set down in writing
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- (1792 B.C.–1750 B.C.) Hammurabi became the first king of the Babylonian empire. He inherited the power from his father, who extended Babylon’s control across Mesopotamia. Hammurabi is known for writing the first code of law in recorded history.
- believing in one god
- believing in many gods
- a political unit that includes a city and its surrounding lands and villages
- the era of prehistory that lasted from at least 2 million b.c. to about 9000 b.c.; also called the Old Stone Age
- title of the rulers of ancient Egypt
- the final era of prehistory, which began about 9000.b.c.; also called the New Stone Age
- person who moves from place to place in search of food
- system of ranking groups
16 Clues: Ruling family • believing in one god • believing in many gods • system of ranking groups • to arrange or set down in writing • title of the rulers of ancient Egypt • a complex, highly organized social order • person who moves from place to place in search of food • a group of states or territories controlled by one ruler • ...
VOCAB WORDS 2023-09-12
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- ruling family
- title of the rulers of ancient Egypt
- believing in one god
- (1792 B.C.–1750 B.C.) Hammurabi became the first king of the Babylonian empire. He inherited the power from his father, who extended Babylon’s control across Mesopotamia. Hammurabi is known for writing the first code of law in recorded history.
- a political unit that includes a city and its surrounding lands and villages
- system of writing in which pictures called hieroglyphs represent objects, concepts, or sounds
- the way of life of a society, which is handed down from one generation to the next by learning and experience
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- region within the Fertile Crescent that lies between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
- believing in many gods
- Period the era of prehistory that lasted from at least 2 million b.c. to about 9000 b.c.; also called the Old Stone Age
- a complex, highly organized social order
- to arrange or set down in writing
- person who moves from place to place in search of food
- a group of states or territories controlled by one ruler
- Period the final era of prehistory, which began about 9000.b.c.; also called the New Stone Age
- system of ranking groups
16 Clues: ruling family • believing in one god • believing in many gods • system of ranking groups • to arrange or set down in writing • title of the rulers of ancient Egypt • a complex, highly organized social order • person who moves from place to place in search of food • a group of states or territories controlled by one ruler • ...
The Beginning of Human Society and Mesopotamia 2020-05-19
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- The period of the Stone Age when people began to use sharpened tools
- Sumerian city-states shared common culture and _____
- People had this after the development of farming and it allowed them to create bigger families, which led to an increase in global population
- These are the temples ancient Sumerians worshiped in
- The large river located on the Western edge of Mesopotamia
- The belief in many gods
- The Neo Babylonian king constructed massive ___ to protect his city
- An organized list of laws
- A weapon of war created by the Assyrians
- Sumerian city-states did not share a common _____
- By 10,000 BC humans had reached this country in South America
- The empire that conquered the Neo Babylonians (Ruled by Cyrus the Great)
- These Chaldean scientists were famous for charting the pats of the stars and measured the length of a year.
- The king of the Neo Babylonian Empire
- Conquered by the Babylonian. And after their defeat, their weapons and tools were taken from them
- A group of people with a similar background, income, and way of life
- Scientists who examine objects to learn about past people and cultures
- The period of the Stone Age when people were hunters and gatherers and used blunt tools
- The land between two rivers
- The large river located on the Eastern edge of Mesopotamia
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- Adapt plants or animals for human use
- The ruler of the Babylonian Empire
- Rich in substances that plants need to grow
- Both Babylonia and Assyria shared a quest for riches and vicious ____
- An area of many territories and peoples that is controlled by one government
- People with no settled home
- The time before history
- “An eye for an ___” is the basic idea of Hammurabi’s Code
- The name for the Sumerian written language which combine symbols, wedges, and lines to create words
- Supplying land with water from a network of canals
- The Age when people learned to make tools out of a mix of copper and tin
- A society that had cities, was run by a government, and had workers that specialized in various jobs
- The period of the Stone Age when people began to farm
- The Assyrians were conquered by the Medes and the ___
- The first cities in human history all seemed to develop around these
- The empire that conquered the Babylonians
- The capital city of Assyria
- The rivers of Mesopotamia were known as the “Rivers of life and ____”
- The king who united the Sumerian city-states
- The neighboring empire that conquered the Sumerians around 2300 BC
- Used by people to settle in cooler climates and ward off animals
- According to Hammurabi’s Code, the higher the ___ of a victim of a crime, the greater they penalty was
- A system of _____ was created by Hammurabi to encourage trade and improve communication between cities and towns.
- The written and other recorded events of people
- Stories passed down by word of mouth
45 Clues: The time before history • The belief in many gods • An organized list of laws • People with no settled home • The capital city of Assyria • The land between two rivers • The ruler of the Babylonian Empire • Stories passed down by word of mouth • Adapt plants or animals for human use • The king of the Neo Babylonian Empire • A weapon of war created by the Assyrians • ...
Mesopotamia Vocabulary 2024-10-15
9 Clues: early sears • carved writing • a Big river bank • Code eye for eye • fertile crescent • for plant growing • over flowing food • were they worship god • Hierarchy dividing for humans
I Babilonesi 2024-10-17
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- era opposto al tigri
- lo diventò grazie ai traffici commerciali
- una delle 7 meraviglie del mondo
- era di Babilonia
- principale coltura in Babilonia
- finí con l’invasione ittita
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- principale valuta di scambio
- il piú grande sovrano
- sanzione
- terra tra due fiumi
- lo scrisse il più grande sovrano
- non godeva di alcuna libertà
- che funzione aveva veramente il codice?
- stato sociale intermedio
14 Clues: sanzione • era di Babilonia • terra tra due fiumi • era opposto al tigri • il piú grande sovrano • stato sociale intermedio • finí con l’invasione ittita • principale valuta di scambio • non godeva di alcuna libertà • principale coltura in Babilonia • lo scrisse il più grande sovrano • una delle 7 meraviglie del mondo • che funzione aveva veramente il codice? • ...
Farming in Mesopotamia 2012-12-07
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- Chinese people make a tone of this to eat the other food with
- They invented this and we use it all the time
- Root vegetable
- From the tigris and euphrates river
- We use these all the time in the winter
- A teachers fruit
- This fruit you can turn this into a drink
- A grain used in soups
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- Ground into flour used in bread
- Used for bread and cereal
- These are used in cooking, baking, and cars
- A fruit with hundreds of seeds to eat
- This food brings tears to your eyes
- Constant cause of problems in the irrigation systems they made
- A large concentration of this...
15 Clues: Root vegetable • A teachers fruit • A grain used in soups • Used for bread and cereal • Ground into flour used in bread • A large concentration of this... • From the tigris and euphrates river • This food brings tears to your eyes • A fruit with hundreds of seeds to eat • We use these all the time in the winter • This fruit you can turn this into a drink • ...
Farming in Mesopotamia 2012-12-14
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- Caused many problems with the man-made irrigation systems.
- Barley could be made into flour for bread,made into ____, or fermented and turned into beer.
- Water from these didn't help the crops grow
- Most common crop grown in Mesopotamia
- When irrigation ditches were not maintained, a large ____ shortage would ensure.
- The farmers produced extra crops and this allowed for growth of cities, towns, and ____________.
- This form of writing was first used when farmers recorded farm surpluses.
- This was inside of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers and made it hard for the plants to grow.
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- Timing of these were in the late spring or early summer.
- These did not reach into the soil because of the small amount of rainfall.
- Farmer grew most of their plants here
- Silt is a mixture of tiny bits of soil and rock carried and _________ by a river.
- These caused difficulty in growing crops.
- In Mesopotamia when farming the farmers needed to know _____(number) important thing to keep their crops alive.
- A system of supplying (land) with water by means of artificial canals, ditches, especially to promote the growth of food crops
15 Clues: Farmer grew most of their plants here • Most common crop grown in Mesopotamia • These caused difficulty in growing crops. • Water from these didn't help the crops grow • Timing of these were in the late spring or early summer. • Caused many problems with the man-made irrigation systems. • This form of writing was first used when farmers recorded farm surpluses. • ...
MESOPOTAMIA CROSSWORD PUZZLE!! 2023-12-05
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- to believe in more than 1 god
- the world first system of writing
- the system to move water created by the Sumerians
- territories under the rule of 1 person.
- Very cruel king who created the hanging gardens
- trained people who wrote cuneiform
- a huge temple made to worship gods
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- rich soil that helped farmers grow their crops better
- of laws Had 282 and kept the people in order
- the people who created and sold purple dye
- in between 2 rivers
- the king of Babylon
- class-Kings and priest on top,scribes traders, and merchants in the middle, and slaves and farmers on the bottom
- the world first civilization
- ruler who created the first empire
15 Clues: in between 2 rivers • the king of Babylon • the world first civilization • to believe in more than 1 god • the world first system of writing • trained people who wrote cuneiform • ruler who created the first empire • a huge temple made to worship gods • territories under the rule of 1 person. • the people who created and sold purple dye • ...
Empires of Mesopotamia 2022-11-18
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- a gift given in acknowledgment of gratitude or an enforced payment or contribution.
- a person who shoots with a bow and arrow
- to disassemble or pull down; take apart
- a large territory where groups of people are ruled by a single leader or government
- The surrounding and blockading of a city, town, or fortress by an army attempting to capture it.
- a plan or method for obtaining a specific goal or result
- brilliant or gorgeous appearance, coloring, etc.; magnificence
- to gain the victory; to win in war
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- without pity or compassion; cruel; merciless
- a sculpture in which the figures project or stick out slightly from the background.
- to grow or develop with energy and force
- an arrangement of soldiers, as in rows, columns, squares, etc.
- an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument or marker
- an ancient military device with a heavy horizontal ram for smashing down walls, gates, etc.
- to resist or rise against some authority, control, or tradition.
15 Clues: to gain the victory; to win in war • to disassemble or pull down; take apart • to grow or develop with energy and force • a person who shoots with a bow and arrow • without pity or compassion; cruel; merciless • a plan or method for obtaining a specific goal or result • an arrangement of soldiers, as in rows, columns, squares, etc. • ...
Mesopotamia River Civilization 2023-09-28
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- between the rivers
- belief in one god
- spreading of a culture
- large pyramid-like temple in city's center
- society, culture and a way of life in a particular area
- crescent, land around the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
- group of states, countries or city-state under one supreme ruler
- exchange of goods or services for other good or services
- line of a family of rulers
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- belief in many gods
- person who writes documents
- skilled worker who makes items by hand
- pictograph writing system
- religious leaders who also lead the government
- state, independent city that rules over a territory
15 Clues: belief in one god • between the rivers • belief in many gods • spreading of a culture • pictograph writing system • line of a family of rulers • person who writes documents • skilled worker who makes items by hand • large pyramid-like temple in city's center • religious leaders who also lead the government • state, independent city that rules over a territory • ...
origini della musica 2021-10-25
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- strumento fatto con la pelle di animale
- più voci
- il periodo della musica
- è entrata nella vita quotidiana
- primo strumento
- la musica divenne un espressione
- teatro doppio
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- era accompagnata avvolte la musica
- fu definita
- potevano essere all'aperto
- una trai primi stati ad aver creato la musica
- secondo strumento
12 Clues: più voci • fu definita • teatro doppio • primo strumento • secondo strumento • il periodo della musica • potevano essere all'aperto • è entrata nella vita quotidiana • la musica divenne un espressione • era accompagnata avvolte la musica • strumento fatto con la pelle di animale • una trai primi stati ad aver creato la musica
:) Poirot Edition 2023-01-08
12 Clues: Americano • Tick Tock • ___ Poirot • The ___ Tea Set • Kindergarten Death • An unhappy coniferous. • Noble end of the Northern Line • If Moses wasn't found (part 2) • If Moses wasn't found (part 1) • Murder in an old region of the world • In sport, often, the top group of teams • The ___ ___ : Testimony of the speechless
Chap 2 key terms 2021-01-15
10 Clues: Davids son • temple towers • picture writing • powerful rulers • land between rivers • belief in only one god • one of the Canaanites god • the earliest form of writing • the study of celestial bodies • the sacred writing of Zoroastrianism
Hammurabis code of laws 2025-10-17
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- The system of rules which a particular country or community recognizes as regulating the actions of its members and which it may enforce by the imposition of penalties.
- What Hammurabi created to unite his people
- the cultivation of plants, animals, fungi, and other life forms to produce food, fiber, and other products for human use
- The Area between the Tigris and Euphrates River
- the artificial application of water to land to help grow crops, lawns, and landscapes
- the action of buying and selling goods and services.
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- Invaded West Mesopotamia in 200BCE
- ancient Mesopotamian city in modern-day Iraq
- a union or association formed for mutual benefit, especially between countries or organizations.
- an extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority
10 Clues: Invaded West Mesopotamia in 200BCE • What Hammurabi created to unite his people • ancient Mesopotamian city in modern-day Iraq • The Area between the Tigris and Euphrates River • the action of buying and selling goods and services. • an extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority • ...
Jannik "E" - extrem grev - 2015-06-15
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- Plaid Latin per "perquei"
- Pli ault cuolm sil mund.
- Plaid Latin per detga.
- Tiara egl ost dall'Africa.
- Flum en Mesopotamia.
- "Efeu" per romontsch.
- Tiara ell'america dil sid.
- Scienzia da Nikola Tesla.
- Um che ha inventau il pér d'electrisch.
- Muneida ell'europa.
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- In ideogram che vegn druvaus en SMS.
- "kirchlich" per romontsch.
- Nua sesanfla il Tempel da Artemis?
- Gronda sparta da temps.
- Pagina per mirar suenter caussas.
- "gleichgültig" per romontsch.
- Teila che vegn producida ord gummi.
- Tiara cun la capitala Talin.
- Lanthanoid cun "e" all'entschatta.
19 Clues: Muneida ell'europa. • Flum en Mesopotamia. • "Efeu" per romontsch. • Plaid Latin per detga. • Gronda sparta da temps. • Pli ault cuolm sil mund. • Plaid Latin per "perquei" • Scienzia da Nikola Tesla. • "kirchlich" per romontsch. • Tiara egl ost dall'Africa. • Tiara ell'america dil sid. • Tiara cun la capitala Talin. • "gleichgültig" per romontsch. • Pagina per mirar suenter caussas. • ...
