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100

I was a Babylonian King who created a set of written laws for my kingdom

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

My job is at the very top of the social pyramid

What is the king?

200

We were allowed to go to school in Mesopotamia.

Who are higher class boys?

200
I was the civilization led by King Hammurabi.
What is Babylonia?
200
The two rivers that run through Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and the Euphrates?
200
A professional writer.
What is a scribe?
300

If I am someone who works for the king, would I be in a higher, middle, or lower class?

What is a higher class

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 form of government with kings and queens where the ruler's job is passed down to the children of the king or queen

What is a monarchy?

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 boy slaps his father; the boy shall receive which punishment?

What is his hands shall be cut off

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
In the social hierarchy, these people are compared to kings and are leaders in the ziggurats.
Who are priests?
500
This was a major event that allowed civilizations to arise in 8000 BCE.
What is agriculture?
500

Most people in the first city-states of Mesopotamia were ______

What are farmers?

500

What body of water is located to the East of Mesopotamia

What is The Persian Gulf?

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