Geography
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Written Language
Hammurabi's Code
Epic of Gilgamesh
100
The meaning of the name Mesopotamia
What is The Land Between Two Rivers?
100
This innovation allowed farmers to grow more crops than they needed
What is irrigation?
100
The name of the first written language
What is Cuneiform?
100
Hammurabi ruled over this kingdom, which stretched across all of southern Mesopotamia
What is Babylonia
100
The name of the wild man
Who is Enkidu?
200
The names of the two rivers that surrounded the Fertile Crescent
What are the Tigris and the Euphrates?
200
This early system of commerce was used throughout Mesopotamia. It did not involve any type of currency.
What is the bartering system?
200
The name of the writing utensil used
What is the stylus?
200
The Code of Hammurabi is a list of these
What are laws
200
The reason the Epic of Gilgamesh is so important
What is: It was the first written story
300
The climate that surrounded the Fertile Crescent
What is an arid/desert climate?
300
The ability for citizens to specialize in specific fields of industry.
What is: Division of Labour OR Specialization of Industry
300
The name of someone who makes their living by writing things down
What is a scribe?
300
This famous phrase summarizes Hammurabi's Code and can be found throughout history, including the Old Testament
What is an "eye for an eye"
300
The goal of Gilgamesh's main quest
What is immortality?
400
The body of water that the Tigris and Euphrates rivers flow into.
What is the Persian Gulf
400
The name of the currency used in Ancient Mesopotamia
What is the Shekel?
400
What did the scribes write on?
What are clay tablets?
400
Why are his laws considered to be so important?
What is: They are considered to be the oldest large work of written laws
400
The name of Gilgamesh's city
What is Uruk
500
The names of four modern countries that occupy what was Ancient Mesopotamia
What is: Turkey, Syria, Iran, and Iraq
500
the occupation that does not require a person to make anything
What is a merchant or trader?
500
The initial reason for developing written language
What is to keep records?
500
This is the punishment a thief must pay if he steals an animal from a priest
What is $300?
500
The moral of the Epic of Gilgamesh (The point of the story)
What is: Immortality is not necessary. Your actions are what live on forever. (legacy)
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