Mesopotamia
Across
- 3. What is the name of the river to the north Mesopotamia?
- 5. What is the name of the man that created a code of 282 laws?
- 7. Who was the King of the Chaldeans?
- 9. Name an advancement of the Hittites. (hint...it starts with c)
- 10. What is the term for the world's first system of writing?
- 11. What is the name of the area that was also called the land between two rivers?
- 16. What did the Hittites become masters in that helped them to make strong weapons?
- 18. What is the name of the civilization that ruled from Ninevah? (pg. 79)
- 20. What is the term for a long poem that tells the story of a hero?
- 21. The Phoenicians created the worlds 1st _________.
- 23. Mesopotamia is in present day _______. (a country)
- 24. What was the primary building material used by the Sumerians?
- 25. The Mesopotamian people worshipped _____ gods.
- 26. Who was at the bottom of the social class in Mesopotamia?
Down
- 1. What is the term for a pyramid shaped temple that was built to honor the many gods?
- 2. What is the term for the way of supplying water to an area of land?
- 4. Babylon was the center of what ancient empire?
- 6. What technology did the Hittites and Assyrians use in battle? Iron weapons and ______.
- 8. Which of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World was found in Babylon?
- 12. What is the term for a group of lands all under the control of one person?
- 13. Artisans, merchants, farmers, and fishers made up which group?
- 14. What is the term for the belief in many gods?
- 15. Who invented the calendar, solved geometry, and studied the stars?
- 17. Who was at the top of the social class in Mesopotamia?
- 19. What is the term for someone that learned how to write?
- 22. Hammurabi and Nebuchadnezzar both ruled _______.