The Beginning
Sumerians
Egyptians
Mesopotamia
misc.
100
Name literally means "Mother of All"
What is Eve
100
tool used for Sumerian writing
What is a stylus?
100
the longest river in the world
What is the Nile
100
river whose name means friutful
What is Euphrates
100
large group of people who think of themselves as one and act in history as a unit
What is a nation
200
Killed his brother in a fit of jealousy
Who is Cain
200
Sumerians are thought to have been the first in the world to use this basic but important invention
What is the wheel
200
Egyptian writing
What is hieroglyphics
200
The name Tigris means this
What is arrow
200
early tombs with flat tops and sloping sides
What is mastabas
300
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob
Who are the Patriarchs
300
Means by which the Sumerians improved their land
What is irrigation
300
became popular tombs after the pyramids
What are temples
300
Mesopotamia refers to the land between these rivers
Tigris and Euphrates
300
ancient empire founded by Hammurabi
What is Babylonian
400
God called Abraham to leave this city
What is Ur
400
number that the Sumerian number system is based on
What is 60
400
carving with the body of a lion and the head of a man
What is sphinx
400
area in the middle east that is known for its ability to grow crops and its moonlike shape
What is The Fertile Crescent
400
pyramids were built for this purpose
What are tombs
500
History was put on a downward course by this person's sin
Who is Adam
500
sumerian writing
What is cuneiform
500
kept written records in Egypt
What is a scribe
500
location where the Tower of Babel was thought to have been built
What is Shinar
500
the main dividing point in history
What is the bith of Christ
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