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Ancient Civilizations
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Miscellaneous
100
A religion based on the worship of many gods.
What is polytheism?
100
An urban center with surrounding farmland.
What is a city-state?
100
The Sumerians at the bottom of the social order.
What are slaves?
100
Mesopotamia means this.
What is "Land between two rivers"?
100
This achievement was first created to make clay pots.
What is a wheel?
200
A tall brick temple
What is a ziggurat?
200
A system of writing in which marks are carved into clay tablets.
What is cuneiform?
200
The king who was the first to codify laws.
Who is Hammurabi?
200
The two rivers that make up the Fertile Crescent.
What are the Tigris and the Euphrates?
200
An achievement of the Mesopotamians in architecture.
What is an arch?
300
An artificial waterway constructed to allow the passage of boats or ships inland or to convey water for irrigation
What is a canal?
300
A government system ruled by a king or queen.
What is a monarchy?
300
True or False? Sumerian women were allowed to divorce cruel husbands.
What is true?
300
Mesopotamia started at the base of these mountains.
What are the Zagros Mountains?
300
Cuneiform means this.
What is "wedge shaped writing"?
400
Another name for a god. Example: Shamash, the Sun God
What is a deity?
400
Fine sand, clay, or other material carried by running water and deposited as a sediment.
What is silt?
400
The very first empire, led by Sargon.
What is the Akkadian Empire?
400
Mesopotamia existed in what is now this country.
What is Iraq?
400
A philosophy that Hammurabi's Codes are based on.
What is "An eye for an eye"?
500
Citizens, often officials, who were in charge of records, writing songs, letters, etc.
What are scribes?
500
An upright stone slab or column typically bearing a commemorative inscription or relief design. Example: Hammurabi's Laws are carved into one.
What is a stela?
500
The king who is credited with creating the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.
Who is Nebuchadnezzer?
500
The four environmental factors humans consider when moving to a specific area.
What are water, food, shelter, and resources?
500
A highly prized blue stone, used in jewelry
What is a lapis lazuli?
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