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100

I was the original Babylonian King who created a well known law code

Who is HAMMURABI?

100
The belief in many gods
What is polytheism?
100
I was the world's first civilization in the Mesopotamian region.
What is Sumer?
100
This process that was developed by the Sumerians allowed water to be moved from the rivers to their farms fields.
What is irrigation?
100
A temple tower in Mesopotamia.
What is a ziggurat?
200
I was the leader of the Hebrews when the group began
Who was ABRAHAM?
200

Wedge style writing invented by the Sumerians to record receipts and business transactions. 

cuneiform
200

The Neo Assyrian Empire built a large library containing around 30,000 clay tablets in this city-state.

What is Nineveh

200
The two rivers that run through Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and the Euphrates?
200
A professional writer.
What is a scribe?
300

I was one of the most legendary historical figures. I was a heroic priest-king from the Sumerian city-state of Uruk.

Who was Gilgamesh?

300
A traditional story that tells a belief.
What is a myth?
300
A brutal civilization that was very war like and would often conquer the civilizations around them.
What is Assyria?
300
I am the body of water to the west of Mesopotamia.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
300
After leaving Egypt, the Israelites settled here.
What is Canaan?
400

I was the king of the Chaldeans who ordered the construction of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon

Who was Nebuchadnezzar II?

400

This is how the Phoenicians became strong empire west of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.

Trading network in the Mediterranean

400

This was the first group to map the stars and built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.

Who are the Neo Babylonians (Chaldeans)

400
Mesopotamia is often referred to as the ________ because of the shape of the area and its rich soil.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
400
A city that is also a separate independent state with its own god or goddess and government.
What is a city-state?
500
I created the world’s first empire
Who was Sargon I?
500
This was a major event that allowed civilizations to arise in 8000 BCE.
What is agriculture?
500
The group who created a new alphabet and traded purple cloth.
What are the Phoenicians?
500
This civilization was a crossroads of trade because of its central location.
What is Babylon?
500
A time when people starve because there is so little food.
What is famine?
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