mesopotamia
mesopotamia
mesopotamia
mesopotamia
mesopotamia
100
control of food (plants and animals)
What is Domestication
100
a government with one ruler
What is Monarchy
100
area of the world including Mesopotamia and Egypt
What is Middle East
100
created the alphabet
What is Phoenicians
100
the two rivers of Mesopotamia
What is Tigris-Euphrates
200
control of water
What is Irrigation
200
several kingdoms ruled by one person
What is Empire
200
first people to create a civilization
What is Sumerians
200
first monotheistic religion; religion of the Jewish people
What is Judaism
200
the belief in one God
What is Monotheism
300
having more than enough
What is Surplus
300
first emperor of the world
What is Sargon
300
people of Mesopotamia who were ruled by Hammurabi
What is Babylonians
300
the belief in many gods
What is Polytheism
300
religious temple of Mesopotamia
What is Ziggurat
400
a city and all its surrounding countryside
What is City-state
400
literally means “the land between the two rivers”
What is Mesopotamia
400
another word for farming (domestication + irrigation = farming)
What is Agriculture
400
civilizations that are established cities near rivers
What is River Valley Civilizations-
400
collection of written laws
What is Hammurabi’s Code
500
how society is divided up into social classes (high class and low class)
What is Social hierarchy
500
the fertile land of Mesopotamia in the shape of a crescent moon
What is Fertile Crescent
500
the writing of ancient Mesopotamia
What is Cuneiform
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