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Mesopotamia Important People Land and Location SumeriansName the Empire Places and Cultures

The emperor of Babylon

The Akkadian emperor

Created laws to prevent government from taking advantage of the poor

Emperor of New Babylonia

Created the first written laws

The names of the two rivers

The moon phase name of the land

Northern Mesopotamia is on this type of high land

Southern Mesopotamia is on this type of low land

This type of fertile soil formed by floodwaters and tiny rocks is where Sumer built its civilization

Their most important innovation

This innovation led to the chariot

The concept of measurement was created for this main reason

A priest’s class

What happened to the Sumerians?

Hammurabi’s Code

The first standing army

The first postal system

Hooray! A library!

Hanging Gardens of Babylon

Kish, Ur, Uruk, and Eridu are examples

Ubaid culture is known for this

The Sumerians believed in many gods also known as this…

The worshipping place within the city-state

Important artifacts found when The Royal Cemetery of Ur was found by archaeologist Leonard Woolley