Kind of a Big Deal
work hard play hard
antidisestablishmentarianism
that place over yonder
Wild card
100
I was a Babylonian King
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 one of the most legendary historical figures, I was a heroic priest-king from the Sumerian city-state of Uruk
Who was Gilgamesh?
200
A traditional story that tells a belief.
What is a myth?
200
A brutal civilization that was very war like and would often conquer the civilizations around them.
What is Assyria?
200
I am the body of water to the west of Mesopotamia.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
200

First credited writer by name

Enehuana

300

The father of lies

Who was Herodotus

300
We were allowed to go to school in Mesopotamia.
Who are upperclass boys?
300
I was the civilization led by King Hammurabi.
What is Babylonia?
300
The two rivers that run through Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and the Euphrates?
300
A professional writer.
What is a scribe?
400
I was the king of the Chaldeans who ordered the construction of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Who was Nebuchadnezzar?
400

Those that had free time would spend it ....

playing checkers

listening or playing music

doing art

playing other games

400

This group was the first group to map the stars and building the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. DAILY DOUBLE

What is the 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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