Mesopotamia bingo

Exercise and reference answers

Clues and terms

1. Clue

   Wedge-shaped script on clay.

   Item

   Cuneiform

2. Clue

   The City par excellence.

   Item

   Uruk

3. Clue

   King said to have invented writing.

   Item

   Enmerkar

4. Clue

   Rolled over wet clay.

   Item

   Cylinder seal

5. Clue

   Trading town of the Amorites.

   Item

   Mari

6. Clue

   Hero of a twelve-tablet epic.

   Item

   Gilgamesh

7. Clue

   Built the library at Nineveh.

   Item

   Assurbanipal

8. Clue

   Stepped tower of Babylon.

   Item

   Ziggurat

9. Clue

   Babylon's last independent king.

   Item

   Nabonidus

Instructions

Read each clue and tap the term it describes.

Explanation