Geography
Empires
Achievements
Leaders
Grab Bag
100
Another name for the region we call Mesopotamia
What is the Fertile Crescent?
100
the civilization with the first form of writing
What is Sumer?
100
a temple built to honor the Gods/Goddesses
What is a ziggurat?
100
creator of code of law and order in the empire
Who is King Hammurabi?
100
the first written story
What is "The Epic of Gilgamesh?"
200
the geographic region that borders Mesopotamia to the north and provides a shield of protection
What are the Zagras mountains?
200
the largest and greatest empire with well fortified cities
What is Assyria?
200
the first system of writing
What is cuneiform?
200
used cruelty to enforce his rule
Who is King Ashurnasirpal?
200
the present day country that Mesopotamia was located in
What is IRAQ?
300
the TWO pieces of geography that are the BIGGEST reason that Mesopotamia is called "fertile"
What are the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?
300
A short lived empire with a centralized government and code of laws
What is Babylon?
300
allowed greater trade and transportation throughout the civilization
What is the sailboat?
300
came from the movement of people across the Fertile Crescent
What is "exchange of ideas?"
300
the material that cuneiform was written on
What is clay tablets?
400
An agricultural development/creation that allowed the Mesopotamians to support their farmland
What is "irrigation?"
400
the civilization that was skilled in astronomy and mathematics
What is Babylon/NeoBabylon?
400
believed to allow for greater control and governing
What is independant city states?
400
responsible for creating the Hanging Gardens
Who is Nebuchadnezzar?
400
the religious beliefs of ancient Mesopotamians
What is polytheism?
500
The first two cities in Mesopotamia
What is Ur and Sumer?
500
an empire that utilized "absolute power" as a way to lead
What are the Assyrians?
500
the location of of the world's first library
What is Ninevah?
500
the leader who FIRST united all of the city states
Who is Sargon I?
500
the amount of gods the ancient Sumerians believed in
What is 3,000?
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