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Civilizations first developed around 3000 BC in the river valleys of ....
hint: there are 4
CHINA
INDIA
MESOPOTAMIA
EGYPT
The 2 major rivers of Mesopotamia are...
TIGRIS & EUPHRATES
In order to control seasonal _____________, Mesopotamians learned to construct dams.
FLOODS
A way to supply dry land and crops with rich water via ditches and canals
IRRIGATION
An independent nation made up of a city and the land around it
CITY-STATE
Small particles of fertile soil that helped make crop growing possible in Mesopotamia
SILT
Belief in more than one god
POLYTHEISM
ROADS
Pyramid-shaped tower with a temple at the top
ZIGGURAT
Sumerian writing system that used wedge-shaped marks made in soft clay
CUNEIFORM
A long poem that tells the story of a hero
EPIC
The Assyrians had weapons made of
IRON
A group of many different lands under one shared ruler
EMPIRE
A forced payment made to a ruler or group of people (as a sign of surrender)
TRIBUTE
A district within a larger country or empire
PROVINCE
True or False: The Sumerians invented fire
FALSE
Sargon was the ruler of
AKKAD
______________ created the first written law code
Sargon, Hammurabi, Nabopolassar, and Nebuchadnezzar were all _________________ of Mesopotamia.
RULERS
The Assyrains were harsh and brutal. They saw the ______________________ as weak and easy to overpower.
BABYLONIANS
A group of merchants traveling together for safety, usually with a large number of camels
CARAVAN
The ___________________________ covered many types of laws. It's one of the earliest complete written set of legal codes.
Code of Hammurabi
The Chaldeans overthrew the ______________________.
ASSYRIANS
An ancient Mesopotamian hero. There was an epic written about him.
GILGAMESH
Name the earliest FIVE kingdoms/empires of Mesopotamia
AKKADIANS
SUMERIANS
BABYLONIANS
ASSYRIANS
CHALDEANS
This Wonder of the Ancient World was located in Babylon.
HANGING GARDENS OF BABYLON
The Sumerian upper class was made up of
(name AT LEAST TWO)
KINGS
WARRIORS
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
The Chaldeans invented the ___________________ to measure time.
SUNDIAL
Mesopotamia was located in an area that was nicknamed the ____________ _____________.
Fertile Crescent
Criminals would have been at the _______________ of the Mesopotamian social pyramid.
BOTTOM