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Ancient Mesopotamia
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The term that describes the condition that the soil is made by the flooding of the Nile and Tigris Rivers in Ancient Mesopotamia
What is fertile?
100
the Mesopotamian ruler responsible for a code of strict laws
Who was Hammurabi?
100
name of the burial place for a pharaoh in ancient Egypt?
What is the pyramid?
100
the name of the religion that is based on the life and teachings of Jesus
What is Christianity?
100
the religious belief practiced by Abraham's descendants who are known as Jews
What is Judaism?
200
What is the country that is generally cooler than the other countries of the Middle East and has more grassland
What is Turkey?
200
Also called Mesopotamia, this is the name of the region named for its shape and fertile soil
Fertile Crescent
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the ancient Egyptian writing system that used a system of pictographs to stand for words or sounds
What are heiroglyphics?
200
Jews, Christians, and Muslims all believe that there are this many gods
What is one?
200
the name for Egyptian kings
What is a pharaoh?
300
the people called who found food by hunting, fishing, and gathering wild fruits, grains, and nuts
Who are hunter-gatherers?
300
They were the first inhabitants of the Fertile Crescent
Who were the Sumerians?
300
Ancient Egypt developed and grew because of the "gifts" of the...
What is the Nile?
300
The pillar of Islam states that "there is only one God, and Muhammad is his prophet"
Which is the first?
400
the term for bringing water to dry land
What is irrigation?
400
the name of the pyramid-shaped tower the Sumerians worshiped in
What is a ziggurat?
400
the name of the ancient Egyptian sun god
Who is Re?
400
the type of government ruled by a religious leader
What is a theocracy?
400
the pillar of Islam that requires followers of Islam to give to the poor and needy
What is the third?
500
How do rivers such as the Tigris enrich the soil of Southwest Asia?
What is by depositing silt from the Turkish highlands
500
the term that means a society is divided into seperate social groups
What is a class system?
500
People who carried out the the temple rituals in ancient Egypt
Who are priests?
500
the sacred text of Islam
What is the Qur'an?
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The name of one of the first forms of writing developed by the Sumerians
What is cuneiform?
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