Mesopotamia Review Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• gilgamesh : hero of an epic who travels the world performing great deeds
• metalworkers : many sumerians were skilled at this, but had to trade to obtain their metals
• water : during the summer in mesopotamia, this resource was scarce
• assyrians : first iron weapons, 50,000 soldiers, infantry, cavalry and charioteers
• ziggurat : a pyramid-shaped structure with a temple at the top
• middle class : sumerian artisans, merchants, farmers, and fishers made up this social class
• war heroes : first sumerian kings were probably these
• nineveh : site of one of the worlds first libraries
• hammurabi : wrote a legal code that covered most areas of daily life
• sargon : conquered all of the people in mesopotamia, and created first empire lasting 200 years
• astronomers : people who study heavenly bodies
• fertile crescent : includes parts of modern jordan, israel, lebanon, iraq, syria, and turkey
• chaldeans : group of people that rebelled against the assyrians
• sumerians : went to war with each other over resources and political borders