Dig a Hole
Good Idea
The Top of the Heap
An Empire
Don't Break the Law
100
This is the reason the Fertile Crescent was an ideal place to settle down
What is fertile or rich soil for growing crops
100
In Sumer, this tool with domesticated animals led to an increase farming production
What is the plow
100
This was the highest ranking person besides the king
Who are the priests
100
This was the King of the first known Empire
Who is Sargon
100
This is the first set of laws found in written record
What is Hammurabi's Code
200
After the Neolithic Period this was the main source of food
What is growing crops or agriculture
200
This invention the Sumerians created by piling up large mounds of the earth and piling them up between the rivers and the fields
What are levees
200
These groups of people were captured in war or had to work off their debt
Who are slaves
200
This was a long collection of poems written about a heroes tale
What is an epic
200
What phrase would describe the type of laws written down for the Sumerians?
What is "eye for an eye"
300
Early civilizations in Mesopotamia found a solution to flooding and were able to increase agricultural production through this process
What is irrigation
300
This invention helped people records ideas and information about their society
What is cuneiform (writing system)
300
This being was believed to live at the top layer of the temple
What is a god
300
This was the first epic written down in Sumerian literature
What is Gilgamesh
300
This was the main reason the city-states in Mesopotamia were at war
What is farmland
400
These two physical features gave Mesopotamia its name
What is Tigris and Euphrates
400
This invention helped the Sumerians figure out when the flooding of the rivers would most likely take place
What is the calendar
400
These were pyramid shaped buildings used for worship
What are ziggurats
400
This was the first empire established by the King Sargon
What is The Akkadian Empire
400
This was the name of the city-state that was thought to be the holiest
What is Nuppar
500
This is the translation or meaning of the word Mesopotamia
What is Land Between The Rivers
500
This invention allowed Sumerians to move about much quicker- it paved the way for modern day transportation
What is the wheel
500
What term is used for the division of people based on wealth and position
What is a social hierarchy
500
This term is used for a society or empire that worshipped many gods
What is polytheism
500
This term describes the people that lived around the countryside of the city
What is rural
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