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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 for religious ceremonies in Mesopotamia.

What is a ziggurat?

200
I was the leader of the first empire, Akkad.
Who was Sargon?
200

What economy was established in Mesopotamia?

(Hint: Successful due to trading and food surpluses)

What is a barter economy

200
I was the civilization led by King Hammurabi.
What is Babylonia?
200

The two rivers that run through Mesopotamia where they built their city-states around.

What are the Tigris and the Euphrates?

200
A professional writer.
What is a scribe?
300

In the social hierarchy, these people are compared to kings and are leaders in the ziggurats.

Who are priests

300
Mesopotamians created the first writing system. This writing system is called what?
What is cuneiform?
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

A _______ is a land with different territories and peoples under a single ruler.

What is an empire?

400
Why did Mesopotamian leaders order walls to be built around their city-states?
What is from protection from invaders?
400
Without the Mesopotamian invention of the ______, we may not have cars, bicycles, or even trains.
What is the wheel?
400

Finish this law : “If a man put out the eye of another man, his __________________.”

(Bonus: What set of laws did this come from?)

What is his eyes shall be put out?

(Code of Hammurabi)

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

The leader of the Chaldeans. Ruled over Babylon and exiled the Jews from Judah. 

(Bonus: What event is mentioned above?)

Who is Nebuchadnezzar 

(Bonus: Jewish Diaspora)

500

What inventions did Mesopotamians create to help with agriculture?

(hint: think of water sources)

What are canals and irrigation systems.

500
Most people in the first city-states in Sumer were ______
What are farmers?
500

What body of water is located to the North of Mesopotamia? 

(Hint: close to modern-day Turkey)

What is The Black Sea?

500

The word Mesopotamia means…

What is land between two rivers?

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