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Form of writing using wedge-shaped symbols:
What is cuneiform
100
Region of rich farmland between the Persian Gulf and Asia Minor:
What is Fertile Crescent
100
Mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks:
What is silt
100
The worship of many gods:
What is polytheism
100
Sumerians created a number system based on the number:
What is 60
200
Type of arrangement in which each person specializes in a particular job:
What is division of labor
200
The Akkadian emperor who ruled for 50 years:
What is Sargon
200
Are kings or priests higher up in the Sumerian social class?
What is kings
200
A king who became a legendary figure in Sumerian literature:
What is Gilgamesh
200
The Sumerian city centers were dominated by:
What is temples
300
Sumerians use what to make symbols on clay tablets?
What is styluses
300
The society in Mesopotamia was based on:
What is Agriculture
300
This city had a grand palace and the fabulous Hanging Gardens:
What is Babylon
300
Having more than needed
What is surplus
300
The Sumerians excelled in what two areas?
What is Math and Science
400
Did social class have anything to do with Hammurabi's Code?
What is Yes
400
What people used the sea for trade because overland routes were blocked, they were expert fishers, and they traded cheap goods:
What is The Phoenicians
400
Large arc of rich and fertile farmland:
What is Fertile Crescent
400
The alphabet we used today is based off what people's alphabet?
What is Phoenician people
400
Way of supplying water to an area of land:
What is irrigation
500
Division of society by rank or class:
What is Social hierarchy
500
Picture symbols used for written communication:
What is pictograph
500
Long poems that tell the story of a hero:
What is Epic
500
Land with different territories and peoples under a single rule:
What is empire
500
Wheeled, horse drawn battle cart:
What is chariot
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