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100

A Sumerian building of worship.

What is a ziggurat?

100

The kings derive power from these.

What are Gods/Goddesses?

100

The name of the writing system in Mesopotamia.

What is cuneiform?

100
The name of the people of Mesopotamia.

What are Sumerians?

100

The phenomena of humans controlling a river and moving it closer to crops.

What is irrigation?

200

The highest level of the ziggurat.

What is a temple?

200

A legal code considered the first of its kind.

What is Hammurabi's Code?

200

Sculptures during this era are carved into this.

What is stone?

200

The name of the region where Mesopotamia forms. Called this because it is easy to farm here.

What is the Fertile Crescent?

200

The word for "land between the rivers."

What is Mesopotamia?

300

Government by a divine authority 

What is a theocracy?

300

The concept of getting revenge if someone wrongs you. Popularized by Hammurabi's code.

What is an eye for an eye?

300

The objects that make up Sumerian houses. A combination of wet dirt.

What are Mudbricks?

300

The most common profession for a Sumerian.

What is a farmer?

300

Flooding leaves behind this which makes soil more fertile for farming.

What is silt?

400

Gilgamesh seeks this after his friend Enkidu dies.

Immortality

400

An urban area that functions as its own political entity.

What is a city-state?

400

One of the seven wonders of the world.

What are the hanging gardens of Babylon?
400

The general year cities form in Mesopotamia.

What is 3000 BCE?

400

The name of BOTH rivers of Mesopotamia.

What is the Tigris and Euphrates?

500

The sun god & god of justice.

Who is Shamash?

500

The name of the group of government officials who support the king with taxes and public works projects.

What is Bureaucracy?

500

The name of the box which told a story of captives being caught and brought to the king.

What is the Royal Standard of Ur?

500

The city with a 6 mile long wall and defense towers 30-35 feet high.

What is Uruk?

500

The three most prominent early cities of Mesopotamia.

What are Ur, Uruk, and Eridu

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