Rulers
Daily Life
Civilizations
Geography
Advances
100
A ruler of a Kingdom or Empire
What is a Monarch?
100
The belief in many gods
What is polytheism?
100
Hunter-gatherers first came to the Fertile Crescent, to settle and stay, around _____________ years ago.
What is 6000?
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 wheeled, horse-drawn battle cart.
What is a chariot?
200
The uppermost level of the Social Hierarchy in Sumerian society.
Who was the king?
200
This is what we did in Mesopotamia to make sure we controlled where our water went.
What is build canals?
200
This is the reason the Phoenician alphabet spread so quickly.
What is trade?
200
The two rivers that run through Mesopotamia, giving it it's name (land between two rivers).
What are the Tigris and the Euphrates?
200
A set of letters that can be combined to form words.
What is an alphabet?
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
Early Mesopotamians used these picture symbols for communicating.
What are pictographs?
300
The amount of land that a city-state controlled was based on this.
What is the strength of their military?
300
This present day city is near where Babylon was located.
What is Baghdad, Iraq?
300
Possibly one of the greatest Sumerian advancements, which made life much easier.
What is the wheel?
400
Rulers of Mesopotamian city-states were known to do this often with surrounding city-states.
What is fight/battle?
400
We built these very tall in order to give honor to our gods.
What are the ziggurats?
400
This is the reason that city-states fought hard over each other's farmland.
What is because they needed the land to grow food for their own people?
400
Mesopotamia is often referred to as the ________ because of the large, arc shape of the area and its rich soil.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
400
This was the base number for the Sumerian-created math system.
What is 60?
500
These two rulers were known for having helped to build up the ancient city of Babylon.
Who was Hammurabi and Nebuchadnezzar?
500
You had to be careful and know your place in the society, because there was a certain order, known as the ________________, of classes of people.
What is Social Hierarchy?
500
This is why Mesopotamia was an ideal place for a civilization to start. (1000pts for the FULL answer, 500 for half)
What is because it had fertile soil that allowed for growth of enough food to feed increasing populations?
500
This resource is what Phoenicia was well known for.
What is cedar wood?
500
The Assyrians and Hittites were known for using these two advancements to help them win battles.
What are chariots and iron weapons?
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