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100

I was a NeoBabylonian King who conquered the kingdom of Judah.

Who was Nebuchadnezzar?

100
The belief in many gods
What is polytheism?
100

 Problems that early civilizations faced in the region of the Fertile Crescent.

What is food shortages in the hills, uncontrollable water supply, continual damage to irrigation systems and cooperation, attacks from neighbors.

100

This river is located further to the west in Mesopotamia.

What is the Euphrates River?

100

The technical name given to the time period characterized by stone tools and nomadic lifestyle.

What is the Paleolithic Age?

200

I was the leader of the neighboring empire, but took over NeoBabylon in 539 B.C. with very little resistence.

Who was Cyrus the Great?

200
We were allowed to go to school in Mesopotamia.
Who are upperclass boys?
200

I was the largest empire to control Mesopotamia up to 350B.C.

What was the Persian?

200

They offered large, flat plains with plenty of water.

What are the reasons people moved to Mesopotamia?

200

The technical name for the time period characterized by stone tools and the emergence of agricultural communities.

What is the Neolithic Age

300

I destroyed the city of Babylon because I was angry that it failed to protect my son, the prince, during an attack by another kingdom.

Who was Sennacherib?

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

This empire stayed in control of Mesopotamia for the shortest amount of time.

What was the NeoBabylonian Empire?

300

I am the mountain chain to the northwest of Mesopotamia.

What are the Taurus Mountains?

300

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

What is an empire?

400

I was the first to use a professional army to help me expand my empire.

Who was Sargon?

400
Without the Mesopotamian invention of the ______, we may not have cars, bicycles, or even trains.
What is the wheel?
400

The experts who helps us understand the past by finding, analyzing, and preserving artifacts.

Who are archeologists?

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 was very tolerant as a ruler, and demonstrated this through my decree that ended the Jewish Exile which allowed Jews to move back to their homeland.

Who was Cyrus the Great?

500
This was a major event that allowed civilizations to arise in 8000 BCE.
What is agriculture?
500

Characteristics that help to define civilizations.

What are stable food supply, technology, governments, religious systems, written language, job specialization/social structure, arts/architecture?

500

The mountain chain located to the East of Mesopotamia.

What are the Zagros Mountains?

500
The word Mesopotamia means…
What is land between two rivers?
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