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This is where Mesopotamia is located, geographically speaking.
What is Southwest Asia
100
Having this allowed people to settle down into one area
What is a surplus of food
100
When writing, Sumerians used these to write on clay tablets
What is stylus or reeds
100
A set of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life
What is Hammurabi's Code
100
This ancient Sumerian king later became a center of a popular epic or hero's journey story
Who is Gilgamesh
200
Babylon is located near this present day city/country
What is Baghdad, Iraq
200
This word means the worship of many gods
What is polytheism
200
This allowed Mesopotamians to supply water to specific areas of land
What is irrigation
200
Phoenicia was well known for this resource
What is cedar wood
200
True or false: Sumerian women could be important religious leaders
What is true
300
The word describes a large arc of farmland
What is Fertile Crescent
300
This group of people served as links between the people and the gods
What are priests
300
The reason Mesopotamians built canals
What is to control the rivers' flows
300
Moved by a desire for trade, Phoenicians became experts in this
What is sailing
300
Ancient civilizations tended to develop near these landforms
What are rivers
400
The Fertile Crescent is located between these two bodies of water (not rivers)
What is Mediterranean Sea and Persian Gulf
400
This word means the division of society by rank or class
What is social hierarchy
400
This was invented by Sumerians and we still use some form it every day with cars, bicycles, carts, etc.
What are wheels
400
Hammurabi and Nebuchadnezzar have this in common
What is they built up Babylon
400
In ancient Mesopotamia, there rectangular stepped towers were sometimes surmounted by a temple
What is ziggurats
500
These two rivers surround Mesopotamia
What is Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
500
The type of arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular task or job
What is division of labor
500
This is the name of the type of writing Ancient Sumerians invented
What is cuneiform
500
Phoenician fabric of this color was very popular with rich people
What is purple
500
The name of Gilgamesh's close friend
What is Enkidu
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