Geography
Civilization
Achievements
Civilizations 2
Famous rulers
100
Alternate name for Mesopotamia
What is "the Fertile Crescent"
100
Development that allowed civilization to begin
What is agriculture
100
Creators of the earliest written language and the wheel
Who are the Sumerians
100
Fall of Mesopotamian civilizations (earliest to latest), Persia, Sumeria, Assyria
What is - 1) Sumeria 2) Assyria 3) Persia
100
Modern day country within Mesopotamia
What is Iraq
200
Greek for "land between two rivers"
What is Mesopotamia
200
5 Mesopotamian civilizations
What are Sumeria, Assyria, Babylonia, Phoenicia, & Persia
200
Inventors of siege warfare and the chariot. Also notorious for torture tactics
Who are the Assyrians
200
Built the hanging gardens of Babylon for his homesick wife
Who is Nebuchadnezzar
200
Pyramid structure sometimes up to 7 stories high used as a place of worship
What is a ziggurat
300
Two rivers of Mesopotamia
What are the Tigris & Euphrates Rivers
300
7 Characteristics of a Civilization
What are writing, cities, government & law, religion, social classes, specialization, and advanced technology
300
Authors of the earliest written laws
Who are the Babylonians
300
Capital city is Nineveh
Who are the Assyrians
300
Eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth
Who is hammurabi
400
Two types of natural barriers in Mesopotamia
What are rivers and deserts
400
Largest Mesopotamian civilization in terms of land area
What is Persia
400
Creators of the first known alphabet and sea trade
Who are the Phoenicians
400
Mesopotamian social classes (from highest to lowest), King, Woman, Priest, scribe, farmer, merchant
What is - 1) Priest 2) King 3) Scribe 4) merchant 5) farmer
400
Went to the end of the world on a quest for immortality
Who is Gilgamesh
500
Reason why agriculture is possible in this region
What is flooding
500
Groups of people organized according to the amount of power they have access to
What are social classes
500
creators of the first monotheistic religions and zoroastrianism
Who are the Persians
500
First to use iron weapons
Who are the Hittites
500
He built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Who is Nebuchadnezzar II
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