Mesopotamia - Art of the Fertile Crescent

Word Bank
Hammurabi, Ishtar Gate, Lamassus, Mesopotamia, Nebuchadnezzar, Persia, Sargon, cuneiform, lyre, polytheistic, stele, ziggurats

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2. Stepped mountains made from mud bricks.

6. _____ is an Assyrian protective deity (a divine genie) combined with human and animal features.

7. ______, as it was known in ancient times, is now known as modern-day Iraq.

9. Sounbox from Ur

11. Adorned with glazed reliefs to honor the goddess of love, fertility and war. (2 Words)

12. _____ is the greatest Neo-Babylonian king.

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1. The stele of _____ is a stele depicting his code of laws which contains "an eye for an eye".

3. _____ is now known as modern-day Iran.

4. The belief in many gods represented in human form but immortal and all-powerful.

5. _____ are abstract wedge-shaped characters (picture writing); pressed pictures into soft clay tablets.

8. A _____ is an upright stonemarker.

10. _____ established the world's 1st empire after conquering Sumeria.

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