Mesopotamia Vocabulary Challenge
Learn to speak the language of the first civilization. Find out the significance of these words in
learning about ancient Mesopotamia. Click on the link above to get started.
The words that are highlighted in red are mandatory vocabulary words. There are 35 words. The
definitions for these words are to be found in the British Museum website on Mesopotamia. Read through
the site to find the definitions and make jot notes on what you have found.
Copying a definition will not help you understand what
these words and concepts have to do with Mesopotamia. Read through the
website and think about what each word teaches us about the first civilization.
Then make your own jot notes. Again there are 30 madatory words and you must choose 5 additional words
from the words written in blue so ... 35 in total.
Assryia, Babylonia, Sumer, rituals, empire, bronze, alabaster, columns, reliefs, Quarries, tribute, plots, orchards, sacrifices, banquet, Nimrud, demons, rebellion, seige, precious, the great sea, incense, seige engines, battering rams, reeds, quivers, moulds, astronomers, scribes, omens, archives, lunar eclipse, aplum, predict, regulate, summarize,
accuracy, seasons, cuneiform, reed stylus, the extra month, Hammurabi, astrology, dropsy, Secret Knowledge tablet, Shumma Alu tablet, Diviners Tablet, Enuma Enu Enlil tablet, Daily Diary tablet, Goal year tablet, Royal Tombs, Ecavations, Woolley, Ziggurat, burials, find, courtyard, Ur, complexes, offerings, timber, irrigate, resources, Tigris, Euphrates, Iraq, Bitumen,
Enki, Anzu, destiny, Dumuzi, Gula, Bull of Heaven, Ellil, Allatu, Apkallu, Ugallu
learning about ancient Mesopotamia. Click on the link above to get started.
The words that are highlighted in red are mandatory vocabulary words. There are 35 words. The
definitions for these words are to be found in the British Museum website on Mesopotamia. Read through
the site to find the definitions and make jot notes on what you have found.
Copying a definition will not help you understand what
these words and concepts have to do with Mesopotamia. Read through the
website and think about what each word teaches us about the first civilization.
Then make your own jot notes. Again there are 30 madatory words and you must choose 5 additional words
from the words written in blue so ... 35 in total.
Assryia, Babylonia, Sumer, rituals, empire, bronze, alabaster, columns, reliefs, Quarries, tribute, plots, orchards, sacrifices, banquet, Nimrud, demons, rebellion, seige, precious, the great sea, incense, seige engines, battering rams, reeds, quivers, moulds, astronomers, scribes, omens, archives, lunar eclipse, aplum, predict, regulate, summarize,
accuracy, seasons, cuneiform, reed stylus, the extra month, Hammurabi, astrology, dropsy, Secret Knowledge tablet, Shumma Alu tablet, Diviners Tablet, Enuma Enu Enlil tablet, Daily Diary tablet, Goal year tablet, Royal Tombs, Ecavations, Woolley, Ziggurat, burials, find, courtyard, Ur, complexes, offerings, timber, irrigate, resources, Tigris, Euphrates, Iraq, Bitumen,
Enki, Anzu, destiny, Dumuzi, Gula, Bull of Heaven, Ellil, Allatu, Apkallu, Ugallu