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100
created the first written laws. Be nice or he might take your eye!
Who is Hammurabi?
100
land between two rivers
What is Mesopotamia?
100
Sumerians invented this device that helps us move things around
What is the wheel?
100
not much water
What is a drought?
100
controlling the river to water my crops
What is irrigation?
200
the first people to settle in Mesopotamia
What is the Sumerians?
200
half moon shaped land with really good soil
What is the Fertile Crescent?
200
this creation helped Mesopotamians know when it was going to flood or rain or have a drought
What is a calendar?
200
not much food
What is a famine?
200
I give you a cow, you give me some grain. We get stuff but no money involved!
What is barter?
300
unified the Fertile Crescent, which is a nice way of saying he conquered everybody!
Who is Sargon?
300
All early civilizations formed around these things
What is a river?
300
early wedge shaped writing
What is cuneiform?
300
belief in maaaaannnnnnnnyyyyyyy gods
What is polytheism?
300
I'm really hungry and thirsty. Good thing I have some extra laying around!
What is surplus?
400
He would say he loved his Hanging Gardens!
Who is Nebuchadnezzar?
400
Kung Fu Panda would probably love this river!
What is the Tigris River?
400
Babylonians could go here to pray to Anu
What is a Ziggurat?
400
I live in this place that governs itself. I don't need no stinkin country or anything else!
What is a city-state?
400
modern country Fertile Crescent is in
What is Iraq?
500
the first hero in written literature
Who is Gilgamesh?
500
The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers flow into this body of water
What is the Persian Gulf?
500
one of the wonders of the ancient world. Not hanging around anymore.
What is the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?
500
I can tame my ox and cows!
What is domestication?
500
a really fun name of an ancient city. Maybe the oldest city in the Middle East.
What is Ur?
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