Ancient Mesopotamia Vocab!

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  1. 2. Hammurabi ruled Babylon; created a strict code of laws
  2. 6. temples believed to be the homes of the gods and goddesses who ruled the city
  3. 7. scribes were only ________ boys
  4. 9. Sumer is located in _____ Mesopotamia
  5. 10. crescent An area of fertile land in the Middle East, located around the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
  6. 12. one of the earliest forms of writing, using wedge-shaped marks on clay tablets
  7. 14. a form of government where priests ruled in the name of a god or gods
  8. 17. Controlled by men and generally favored men
  9. 19. cuneiform tablets were baked in the ______
  10. 20. worshipping multiple gods or deities
  11. 23. cuneiform started as _________
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  1. 1. an invention created by the Sumerians
  2. 3. cuneiform is one of the most important inventions!
  3. 4. shaped what does "cuneiform" mean
  4. 5. means "land between two rivers"
  5. 7. an invention that the Sumerians create that helps TRANSPORT us around today!
  6. 8. of Hammurabi strict set of laws
  7. 11. "an ______ for an ________"
  8. 13. wanderers who traveled from place to place without a permanent home
  9. 15. Group of states or city-states under a single rulers
  10. 16. states serving as the basic units of Sumerian civilization
  11. 18. ziggurats were located in the ____ of the city
  12. 21. what did Sumerians made their houses out of
  13. 22. scribes were highly ___________ in society