Agriculture
Misc.
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100
This is where people started civilizations due to the rich farmland
What is the fertile crescent
100
The Mesopotamians wrote on these
What are clay tablets
100
This is the modern day country where Mesopotamia is located
What is Iraq
100
Sumerians invented this. It was first made of stone and could help move carts from place to place.
What is a wheel.
100
This means to believe in many gods.
What is Polytheism
200
Sumer was located near this gulf of water to the south
What is the Persian Gulf
200
These are images used in writing to represent words and ideas
What are pictograms
200
This is the type of government that Sumer had
What is Monarchy
200
It was a method of writing that used different pictures on a clay tablet as a language.
What is Cuneiform
200
This is what mesopotamia means
What is the land between 2 rivers
300
Sumerians were especially good at this to get their food
What is Farming
300
This is how many laws there were in the Code of Hammurabi
What is 282
300
Mesopotamia had a climate that was ________ and ______
What is hot and dry
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 a Sumerian invention that sped up the work of planting crops
What is a plow
400
These were the architectural techniques used by Mesopotamians
What are arches, vaulted ceilings, and domed structures
400
This is what the dead would be buried with
What are their possessions and valuables
400
It is a system of channels that transport water from one place to another.
What is an irrigation system
400
This is a giant temple used for religious ceremonies
What is a ziggurat
500
These two rivers cut through Sumer and provided water for farming
What are the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
500
The economic system of Mesopotamia was based on this
What is bartering or trade
500
This is the most famous ziggurat to have ever existed
What is the tower of Babel
500
This was a list of laws that Babylonians had to follow
What is the code of Hammurabi
500
This region of southeastern mesopotamia with many independent city-states such as ur
What is Sumer
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