How early people in Mesopotamia made farming successful.
What is irrigation?
100
This was NOT a part of Sumerian civilization.
What is worship of a single god?
100
When the first civilization began in Mesopotamia
What is 3500 B.C.?
100
This provided instructions for worshipping for Abraham's ONE true God in his monotheistic culture.
What are the Ten Commandments?
100
The ruler of Assyria who had a strong empire and thought learning was important , but was MORE interested in conquering and gaining land.
Who was Ashurbanipal?
200
The primary reason that people settled in southern Mesopotamia
What is plenty of water?
200
The Sumerians advanced their civilization by developing_________,____________,and ___________.
What is writing, religion, and technology?
200
The group who developed coins
Who are the Lydians?
200
The kingdom King David formed by uniting the Hebrew tribes
What is Israel?
200
Who had a strong empire in Babylon and thought learning was important, but was MORE interested in building great buildings and in trade?
Who was Nebuchadnezzar II?
300
The best description of the first Mesopotamians' occupation
What are farmers?
300
The reason Sumerians developed a system of writing was to______________ ______________ _____________.
What is record business dealings?
300
The group whose trading spread goods and ideas around the world
Who were the Phoenicians?
300
The purpose of building Solomon's Temple
What is to house the Torah?
300
How farming in dry, hot Mesopotamia was made more successful by ditches being dug to carry water to fields for crops
What is irrigation?
400
The technology that was developed by the peoples of Mesopotamia.
What is a system of writing?
400
The word for Sumerian religion, which was worshipping many gods
What is polytheism?
400
The group who was war like and enjoyed conquests
Who were the Assyrians?
400
The (person) reason the kingdom of Israel split and the kings after him were not as wise and strong
What is the death of Solomon?
400
The advantage of cuneiform writing over picture writing
What is (cuneiform writing) was simpler?
500
The meaning for the name of the area where one of the first civilizations settled.
What is a land between two rivers?
500
The reason Sumerians felt government and religion were connected
What is because they thought their kings were chosen by gods?
500
The reason Mesopotamians were able to begin a civilization and have specialized jobs
What was because they had surplus crops and food?
500
The code of laws developed by a ruler of Babylonia for protecting the citizens by listing crimes and punishments
What is The Code of Hammurabi?
500
Nebuchadnezzar II , ruler of Babylon (in Mesopotamia), restored Babylon by building projects such as rectangular stepped towers (perhaps the inspiration for the Tower of Babel)