Sumer
Assyria and Babylon
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100

Sargon was originally from this city-state.

1) Kish

2) Babylon

3) New York

4) Egypt

1) Kish

100

King Hammurabi used this in order to control the water flow which he was then able to control the southern cities of Babylon

What is a dam

100

He was the king of the Akkadians who began the first Empire.

Who was Sargon

100

Sumerians invented this. It was first made of stone and could help move carts from place to place.

What is a wheel.

200

Sumer was located near this gulf of water to the south

What is the Persian Gulf

200

Sumer and Babylon was located in this present day country.

What is Iraq

200
Each city-state had a grand temple called ….

What is a ziggurat

200

It was a method of writing that used different pictures on a clay tablet as a language.

What is Cuneiform

300

Sumerians lived by the river so they could do this....

What is Farming

300

this place was the capital of Babyonia

What is Babylon

300

Mesopotamia means …..

What is "land between the rivers"

300

A self governing city that also governs nearby villages.

What is a city-state

300

It is a group of lands and people ruled by one government

What is an empire

400

This was an official record keeper for the Sumerian Empire

What is a scribe

400

According to Code of Hammurabi if a son slaps his father what happens to the son?

His hand gets cut off

400

It is a system of channels that transport water from one place to another.

What is an irrigation system

500

These two rivers cut through Sumer

What are the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.

500

This was a list of laws that Babylonians had to follow

What is the code of Hammurabi

500

A flattened pyramid made of mud-brick which was an important religious place.

What is a ziggurat

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