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Mesopotamia · Fronts · page 1
Mesopotamia
Nineveh
Mediterranean
Ziggurat
Caspian Sea
Persian Gulf
Ur
Babylon
Mesopotamia · Backs · page 1
An ancient Assyrian city on the Tigris across from the modern city of Mosul in the northern part
The land between the Tigris and Euphrates
A rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians
The largest inland sea
A shallow arm of the Arabian Sea between Iran and the Arabian peninsula
A large saltwater lake between Iran and Russia fed by the Volga River
The chief city of ancient Mesopotamia and capital of the ancient kingdom of ___
An ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River
Mesopotamia · Fronts · page 2
Irrigation
Euphrates River
Cuneiform
Wheel
Sundial
Hammurabi
Assyria
Stylus
Mesopotamia · Backs · page 2
A ___ in southwestern Asia
Supplying dry land with water by means of ditches etc
A simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes that can rotate on a shaft or axle
An ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia and Persia
Babylonian king who codified the laws of Sumer and Mesopotamia
Timepiece that indicates the daylight hours by the shadow that the gnomon casts on a calibrated dial
A sharp pointed device attached to the cartridge of a record player
An ancient kingdom in northern Mesopotamia which is in present-day Iraq
Mesopotamia · Fronts · page 3
Gilgamesh
Scribe
City-State
Levees
Mesopotamia · Backs · page 3
French playwright
A legendary Sumerian king who was the hero of an epic collection of mythic stories
A pier that provides a landing place on a river (plural)
A ___ consisting of a sovereign ___