Ancient Mesopotamia A-Z

Mesopotamia's first empire (2334 BCE - 2154 BCE), notably ruled by Sargon

Finish the title: Hanging Gardens of ________

Very early form of writing found in several Mesopotamian civilizations

Ancient city founded around 3000 BCE, currently the capital of Syria

One of the two rivers forming Mesopotamia

Form of mythological destruction story found in Mesopotamia and many subsequent civilizations relating to water

Protagonist of the earliest known work of literatue (Epic of ________)

Legendary King of Babylon known for his legal code

Modern-day country now home to the Fertile Crescent

Kingdom conquered by the civilization in answer B

Indigenous group known to inhabit northern Mesopotamia, seeking to have their own state

Celestial beings with human heads, bull bodies, and eagle wings, commonly found guarding Assyrian cities in statue forms

Form of religion with one god which emerged in answer U

Neo-Babylonian King who destroyed answer J

Sparse pockets of water found in the deserts of Mesopotamian desert (also the name of a rock band)

Ruined city found in Jordan that famously made an appearance in "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade"

(Term for female ruler) ______ Puabi was possibly the first female ruler in recorded history, reigning in the city of Ur

Mesopotamia is Greek for "land between two _______)

History's first known civilization, known for pioneering answer C

Counterpart of answer E

Ancient city home to the patriarch Abraham, lending its name to answer I

Silver became a prominent standard of ___ across several Mesopotamian civilizations

What answer C is a form of

Famed Persian Emperor portrayed by Rodrigo Santoro in the somewhat dubious film "300"

Mesopotamians fermented this form of fungus to produce the earliest known beer in history

Term for Mesopotamian "pyramids" or religious structures; a well known one is found in answer U