Ch. 3 Mesopotamia

A picture symbol is called a

What Biblical story is also told in Sumerian writings such as the Epic of Gilgamesh?

In ancient Sumer, _____________ were hired to write down records for gov. officials and traders

In Mesopotamia, a people called the Sumerians built the world's first _________________.

What objects were found by archaeologists that confirm the history of the Bible?

Which people grew more powerful due to trade instead of conquest?

Chaldean king who conquered the Assyrians and rebuilt Babylon into a great city

Sumerians believed the gods could bring a good harvest or a terrible _____________.

an area of rich farmland in Southwest Asia where the first civilizations began

a countryside area

The science of building is called ______________.

Mesopotamia is located in the present-day country of __________.

Sumerians practiced _____________, the worship of many gods.

______, king of Akkad, he conquered Sumer and built the world's first ___________.

The Chaldeans conquered the Assyrians and destroyed their capital city ________________.

Many stories about King Nebuchadnezzar are found in the Old Testament book of _________.

Mesopotamia (land between the rivers) is between which of the following rivers?

What technology did the Hittites and Assyrians use in battle?

To irrigate their land, Mesopotamians dug __________ to bring water to their crops.

A surplus of food allowed workers to specialize in a particular task or job which is called ___

A king known as __________ became a legendary figure in Sumerian literature.

If you grow 200 bushels of wheat each year but only use 75 bushels, what do you have?

The Sumerians practiced ______________, a way of supplying water to an area of land.

Phoenicia is located in the modern-day country of ______________.

The Fertile Crescent extends from the __________ to the ___________________.

Sumer's most famous works of art were ___________.

Floods in Mesopotamia left a rich layer of ______ behind which made the land ideal for farming.

Which of the following was Hammurabi NOT known for?

Which of the following was NOT an invention of the Sumerians?

King, priests, craftspeople/merchants, farmers/laborers, slaves. What is being described?

Most Sumerian buildings were built with _________.

King of Uruk, a city-state in Sumer, he became a legendary figure in Sumerian literature