Mesopotamia Crossword

The written and other recorded events of people
The time before history
Scientists who examine objects to learn about past people and cultures
Stories passed down by word of mouth
The period of the Stone Age when people were hunters and gatherers and used blunt tools
The period of the Stone Age when people began to use sharpened tools
The period of the Stone Age when people began to farm
Used by people to settle in cooler climates and ward off animals
People with no settled home
By 10,000 BC humans had reached this country in South America
Rich in substances that plants need to grow
Adapt plants or animals for human use
Supplying land with water from a network of canals
People had this after the development of farming and it allowed them to create bigger families, which led to an increase in global population
The first cities in human history all seemed to develop around these
A society that had cities, was run by a government, and had workers that specialized in various jobs
The Age when people learned to make tools out of a mix of copper and tin
A group of people with a similar background, income, and way of life SOCIAL
The land between two rivers
The large river located on the Western edge of Mesopotamia
The large river located on the Eastern edge of Mesopotamia
The rivers of Mesopotamia were known as the “Rivers of life and ____”
Sumerian city-states shared common culture and _____
Sumerian city-states did not share a common _____
These are the temples ancient Sumerians worshiped in
The belief in many gods
The king who united the Sumerian city-states
The neighboring empire that conquered the Sumerians around 2300 BC
An area of many territories and peoples that is controlled by one government
Both Babylonia and Assyria shared a quest for riches and vicious ____
The ruler of the Babylonian Empire
A system of _____ was created by Hammurabi to encourage trade and improve communication between cities and towns
Conquered by the Babylonian. And after their defeat, their weapons and tools were taken from them
The empire that conquered the Babylonians
A weapon of war created by the Assyrians
The capital city of Assyria
The Assyrians were conquered by the Medes and the ___
The king of the Neo Babylonian Empire
The Neo Babylonian king constructed massive ___ to protect his city
These Chaldean scientists were famous for charting the pats of the stars and measured the length of a year.
The empire that conquered the Neo Babylonians (Ruled by Cyrus)
An organized list of laws
“An eye for an ___” is the basic idea of Hammurabi’s Code
According to Hammurabi’s Code, the higher the ___ of a victim of a crime, the greater they penalty was
The name for the Sumerian written language which combine symbols, wedges, and lines to create words