Geography
Religion
Achievements
Politics
Econ and Social
100
The name of the two rivers found in Mesopotamia
What is Tigris and Euphrates
100
the belief in many gods
What is polytheism
100
world's first epic poem
What is Epic of Gilgamesh
100
He created the world's first empire
Who is Sargon
100
was at the top of the Mesopotamian social pyramid
What is a king
200
Means "land between two rivers" in Greek
What is Mesopotamia
200
a pyramid-shaped Mesopotamian temple
What is a ziggurat
200
early writing system made by writing wedge-shaped symbols on clay tablets
What is cuneiform
200
first Mesopotamian empire, later civilizations built on their foundation
What is Sumer
200
an extra amount of something
What is a surplus
300
method of watering crops by bringing water to dry lands through ditches, pipes or streams
What is irrigation
300
a person responsible for carrying out religious duties
What is a priest
300
a round object that improves land transportation, invented by the Sumerians
What is a wheel
300
Mesopotamian empire lead by Hammurabi
What is Babylon
300
the act of training for a certain job
What is specialiation
400
small particles of fine soil left behind after flooding
What is silt
400
performing religious activities
What is worship
400
one of the world's first set of laws, "an eye for an eye"
What is Hammurabi's Code
400
Mesopotamian empire known for fierce warriors, iron weapons and chariots
What is Assyria
400
A person whose job is to copy or write documents
What is a scribe
500
the name of the body of water that the Tigris and Euphrates flows in to
What is the Persian Gulf
500
the main god for the city-state of Babylon
What is Marduk
500
a type of sculpture in which part of the sculpture looks raised
What is a relief sculpture
500
A famous Assyrian king
Who is Ashurbanipal
500
the basic unit of government in Mesopotamia, a city adn it;s surrounding farmland, acts like a nation
What is a city-state
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