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Mesopotamia comes from the Greek word that means __________.
What is “between two rivers”?
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The Mesopotamia lies between these two rivers.
What is the Tigris and the Euphrates?
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These were the two empires of Mesopotamia.
What was Babylonia and Assyria?
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These are separate, independent states.
What is a city-state?
100
These were pyramids made of terraces, one on top on another, linked by ramps and stairs.
What is a Ziggurats?
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Mesopotamia is part of the ___________________ , a region in Southwest Asia that was the site of the world’s first civilizations.
What is the FERTILE CRESCENT?
200
This is the belief in many gods.
What is polytheism?
200
In 2300 B.C., This king united the Sumerian city-states and improved government and military, and remained for 100 years. (then it dissolved again)
Who was King Sargon?
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An _________ is an area of many territories and peoples that is controlled by one government.
What is an empire?
200
This beautiful city was the center of the Babylonian empire.
What was Babylon?
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This is the what the southern region of Mesopotamia is called.
What is Sumer?
300
This Babylonian king created the empire by uniting the cities of Sumer.
Who was Hammurabi?
300
These two groups joined together to defeat the Assryian Empire in 612 B.C.
Who were the Medes and Chaldeans?
300
Assyria’s capital became a city of great learning.
What was Nineveh?
300
In 539 B.C. the New Babylonian Empire fell to the , led by Cyrus the Great, but the city of Babylon was spared.
What were the Persians?
400
This cave is famous for its prehistoric paintings showing various animals, hunts, and wars.
What is Cave of Lascaux?
400
The first chamber of the Cave of Lascaux is called this.
What is the Chamber of Bulls?
400
The most famous French archaeologist during the time when the Cave of Lascaux was discovered?
What is Abbe HENRI BREUIL
400
Many think humans have been around for over ___________ years.
What is 40,000?
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The ________________ was a period of time during which early humans made lasting tools and weapons mainly from stone.
What was the Stone Age?
500
Scientist divide the Stone Age into these three periods.
What is Old Stone Age, Middle Stone Age, New Stone Age?
500
These are people who survive by hunting animals and gathering wild plants.
What were hunter-gatherers?
500
Between about 1,400,000 and 500,000 years ago our ancestors learned how to use _________________.
What is fire?
500
What are people who have no settled home.
What are nomads?
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