Name:___________________________________
Social Studies
Date:___________________________________
Mr. Lingner
Period___________________
INTERNET QUEST – MESOPOTAMIA
1.
Go to: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook03.html and put these in order according to
years: Babylonia, Sumeria, Assyria, Kassites and Hittites.
2.
Go to Code of Hammurabi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia and find the exact dimension of the
Code of Hammurabi. Also, find what it was made of.
3.
Go to http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/gods/explore/exp_set.html and name 10 gods and goddesses.
4.
Using the same site, the Babylonian God Marduk, was also referred to
as__________________________________.
5.
Go to http://www.omniglot.com/writing/opcuneiform.htm. How do you spell “King” in Sumerian?
6.
Go to http://mesopotamia.mrdonn.org/Sumerlife.html and list the four classes of people in Sumeria.
7. Go to http://www.cnn.com/TRAVEL/DESTINATIONS/9705/seven.wonders/babylon.html and find
what year the Hanging Gardens were built?______________________________________________
8. Go to http://www.unmuseum.org/hangg.htm o to see the hanging gardens.
9. Go to http://www.penn.museum/cgi/cuneiform.cgi to write your name in cuneiform.
10. Go tohttp://www.phillipmartin.info/hammurabi/hammurabi_codeindex.htm and list the 13th law of
Hammmurabi.
11. Go to http://www.ducksters.com/history/mesopotamia/ancient_mesopotamia.php
to visit an interesting site on Mesopotamia.(PLEASE LIST 3 OF THESE FACTS ON THE BACK)