Geography
Rise of Sumer
Sumerian Achievements
Later People of Mesopotamia
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this term means "between the rivers"
What is Mesopotamia
100
this term means an area consisting of a city and its surrounding countryside
What is a city-state
100
this was the world's first system of writing
What is cuniform
100
this person was a brilliant leader who had a strict code of laws and penalties
Who is Hammurabi
100
this term means a way of supplying water to an area of land
What is irrigation
200
these two rivers create fertile and farmable land
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
200
In Sumer, this person was a famous writer who wrote lots of Sumerian literature
Who is Gilgamesh
200
this is a type of literature involving long poems about heros
What is epics
200
this group of people invaded Mesopotamia using chariots
Who are the Hittites
200
this term means more than is needed
What is a surplus
300
this type of material found on Earth made it possible to have rich, fertile soil
What is silt
300
In Summer, city-states were peaceful and never fought with each other True or False
What is False
300
this invention helped the Sumerians dig through the soil so that crops can be planted
What is a plow
300
this group invaded Mesopotamia using chariots as well as iron weapons
Who are the Assyrians
300
this term means a strict and rigid division of society involving rank and class
What is the social hiearchy
400
this type of natural disaster killed livestock and destroyed crops
What is a flood
400
In Sumer, people believed in this religion involving the worship of many gods
What is polytheism
400
this involved the use of a wheel in order to speed up the transporting of materials
What are carts and wagons
400
this group of people were expert traders and excellent shipbuilders
Who are the Phoenicians
400
this term means a writer
Who is a scribe
500
What two inventions helped the people of Mesopotamia stay in one place so that a civilization can develop
What is irrigation and food surplus
500
In Sumer, men and women did NOT have equal power and involvement in the government True or False
What is True
500
this invention consisted of a pyramid-shaped temple tower
What is a ziggurat
500
this person rebuilt and beautified Babylon including creating the Hanging Gardens
Who is Nebuchadnezzar
500
this term means land with different territories and peoples under a single ruler
What is an empire
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