Mesopotamia #1

4. were allowed to learn to read and write in scribe school
5. as a result of literature, this type of story was written in Mesopotamia
8. These structures provided... for the Babylonian people
9. Sumerians were the first to invent and use ...that were pulled
11. acts as an independent country in Mesopotamia
15. Assyrians were the first to use this metal to make body armor for protection
17. Sumerians created the world's first...
18. Assyria developed the world's first...
21. was the main character in the epic we read in class

1. a second hand account of an event, a biography, notes taken about a historical document.
2. if something is in fact credible, then it is...
3. a first hand account of an event, a journal entry, an autobiography, a video recording.
6. to take over another group of people by force, usually done by a government
7. is the disruption of the natural flow of water to support agriculture and complex societies
10. Babylonians built the first... and it was giant
12. Assyrians had this tool always ready to go in case they needed to defend themselves, first of its kind.
13. is the process of planting crops and herding animals
14. Mesopotamian soldiers captured in war were the first of their kind in ancient history
16. Babylonians were the first to build these around their city
19. King Hammurabi developed a code of...
20. violent conflicts between nations organized by governments