Ancient Mesopotamia Vocab!

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