Vocabulary
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a belief in more than one God
What is polytheism?
100
the two rivers that the earliest known civilization developed between
What is the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?
100
Ruler of the Akkadian empire.
Who is Sargon?
100
This king built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, which became one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
Who is King Nebuchadnezzar?
100
A person who studies planets and stars.
Who is an astronomer?
200
a pyramid shaped structure with a temple at the top
What is a ziggurat?
200
farmers used floodwaters to ___________ the land.
What is irrigate?
200
One of the grandest cities of Mesopotamia.
What is Babylon?
200
A group of merchants who travel together to trade goods.
What is a caravan?
200
a system of writing developed byt he Sumerians that used wedge shaped marks.
What is cuneiform?
300
a system that supplies dry land with water through ditches, pipes or streams
What is irrigation?
300
Since food became plentiful, not all people needed to farm. Some became artisans who __________ in making certain goods.
What is specialized?
300
This king formed the Babylonian Empire.
Who is Hammurabi?
300

'The flies that collect honey'

What did the Chaldeans call bees?

300

This brought wealth to the city of Babylon.

What is trade?

400
a city that governs itself and its surrounding territory
What is a city-state?
400
Sumer was located in ___________ Mesopotamia. (location)
What is southern?
400
The capital of the Assyrian Empire.
What is Nineveh?
400

Groups of people divided into an upper, middle and lower class.

What is a social class?

400
The Assyrians modeled their culture on the culture of the __________.
Who are the Babylonians?
500
a long poem that records details of a real hero
What is an epic?
500
Sumerians wrote the world's oldest story, an epic poem called the ____ __ __________
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?
500
The name of two groups of people who conquered the Assyrians and formed the New Babylonian Empire.
Who are the Medes and Chaldeans?
500

A belief in one god.

What is monotheism?

500

Zoroastrianism

What was the ancient Persian religion?

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