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Mesopotamia
Scavenger Hunt
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Geography
1.
What type of wood was important to Gilgamesh (and all
Mesopotamians)?
2.
Along with being straight, why was the wood so useful?
3.
Which city was closest to the ancient coastline?
4.
What type of terrain lies to the North and East of the rivers?
5.
How many different cultures and empires controlled parts of
Mesopotamia?
6.
What is at the center of the Babylonian map?
Gods, Goddesses, Demons, and Monsters
7.
Why were humans created?
8.
What were humans made out of?
9.
What was a scribe in Mesopotamia?
10.
God of wisdom, farming, and water:
11.
This goddess is the planet we know as Venus:
12.
Ishtar’s favorite city:
Time
13.
A large mound of bricks, pottery and stones:
14.
In the 18th century, why was so little known about Mesopotamians?
15.
He deciphered cuneiform by finding the same information in three
different languages:
16.
A series of 16 graves that included sacrificial victims:
17.
The capital of an empire in 2050 BC:
18.
King of Babylon from 605-562 BC:
Writing
19.
A picture used to signify a word or phrase:
20.
A container size equal to 300 liters:
21.
When cuneiform switched from columns to rows, the symbols rotated by
___________ degrees.
22.
The sign for barley also took on the meaning for this sound:
23.
How many wedges did it take to make the bird sign in 600 BC?
24.
The tool used to write was called a reed _____________.
25.
What were envelopes made out of?
26.
Round tablets were used where?
Sumer
27.
Woolley’s foreman:
28.
Sumerian temple bricks were stamped with what?
29.
A tar-like substance made from oil:
30.
Where did common people throw trash in the city of Ur?
31.
PG 1237, because so many bodies were found, was called the:
32.
On the Standard of Ur, the feasters face who?
33.
Standard of Ur: Early chariots were pulled by what?
34.
All that remains of the Babylonian ziggurat is a:
35.
Did more workers lay bricks or dig clay building a ziggurat?
Babylonia
36.
Who was the only person that could change the calendar?
37.
What were river boats usually made out of?
Assyria
38.
The Assyrians built “A Palace without Rival” in this city:
39.
This suite was used for entertaining guests:
40.
What type of bow did the Assyrians use?
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