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A way that a man could pay his debts
What is slavery?
Besides using the river waters for drinking and fishing, it was also used for this
What is transportation?
A professional writer
What is a scribe?
This name is often used when referring to Mesopotamia because of its shape and rich soil.
What is The Fertile Crescent?
This empire from Ancient Mesopotamia is often credited with inventing the wheel
Who are the Sumerians?
Ancient civilizations ended the nomadic lifestyle and began a new lifestyle?
What is farming?
Often times this would happen to the land after heavy rain and water conditions.
What is flooding?
I was the world's first civilization in the Mesopotamian region.
What is Sumer?
This is the term that means "Land between two rivers."
What is Mesopotamia?
This group developed the first currencies
Who are the Babylonians?
This process that was developed by the Sumerians allowed water to be moved from the rivers to their farms fields.
What is irrigation?
Most Sumerian cities were located on the banks of the two rivers.
What is Tigris and Euphrates?
This civilization was a crossroads of trade because of its central location.
What is Babylon?
A code of laws named after the well-known conqueror, King Hammurabi.
What is Hammurabi's Code?
This group developed the iron weapons
Who are the Assyrians?
A temple tower in Mesopotamia where people would worship the gods.
What is a ziggurat?
The ancient civilization of Mesopotamia exists in this modern day country.
What is Iraq?
I was the civilization led by King Hammurabi.
What is Babylonia?
A way to write your name during ancient Sumerian times using this language.
What is cuneiform?
This King is credited with creating the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Who is Nebuchadnezzar?
The belief in many gods
What is polytheism?
This sea borders and is located to the west of Mesopotamia.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
A city that is also a separate independent state with its own god or goddess and government.
What is a city-state?
This is the modern region name given to the ancient region of Mesopotamia.
What is the Middle East?
This invention was supposedly used at first for pottery, then for vehicles.
What is the wheel?