The Fertile Cresent

Choose the correct order of the following Mesopotamian civilization

What did the Mesopotamians write on

The _____________ was an area of land reaching up from Egypt and extending down to Iraq.

Community of people became this when it developed a large population with high levels of cultural

The rivers supplied ____________,________________, and tall strong reeds used to make boats?

Jewish people living outside Israel

The Mesopotamian civilization appears to have risen in the valley between what two rivers

What meant “land between two rivers” that was given by the Greeks

The major city in a region called Phoenicia

Sumer’s central location within the ancient world drew many _________________ from other regions?

Without this farmers would not have been able to water their crops

The region of Mesopotamia is located in the present day country of ...?

Which king implemented the first recorded system of laws in human history?

The first writing system was called

The founders of the Mesopotamian civilization were called the

These people helped the kings to keep records and write laws

A belief in many gods

The invention of the plow meant that Mesopotamian farmers could:

Israelites wandered through the desert of the

What was the significance of the Ziggurat?