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Grab Bag
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
The name of religious temples in Mesopotamia.
What is a ziggurat?
200
I was the cruel leader of the Assyrians
Who was Ashurbanipal?
200
We organized the irrigation systems and distributed grain
Who are priests?
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 person who is trained in writing
What is a scribe?
300
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?
300
A traditional story that tells a belief.
What is a myth?
300
A brutal civilization that was very war like and would often conquer the civilizations around them.
What is Assyria?
300
I am the large body of water to the west of Mesopotamia.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
300
Sargon started this empire
What is Akkadian?
400
I was the king of the Chaldeans who ordered the construction of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Who was Nebuchadnezzar?
400
Mesopotamians believed that this was DARK and GLOOMY
What is the AFTERLIFE?
400
This group was the first group to map the stars and building the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.
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
This is found along the banks of the river where silt is deposite
What is a floodplain?
500
This civilization was started by Hammurabi
What is Babylonian?
500
A time when people starve because there is so little food.
What is famine?
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