Pre-history
Sumer
Fertile Crescent
Mesopotamia
Mediterranean
100
The time before history
What is pre-history
100
this man united Sumer's city-states into one large Empire
Who is Sargon II
100
This type of material was used by scribes in mesopotamia
What is clay
100
This is the law code that was the first to be written down
What is Hammurabi's code
100
These people were a great sea people
Who are the Phoenicians
200
scientists who examine objects to learn about past peoples and cultures
Who are archaeologists
200
What are the two rivers that Mesopotamia is located in betweeen
What are the Tigris and Euphrates
200
This was the capital of the Babylonian Emprie
What is Babylon
200
This is a organized list of laws
What is a code
200
One important advantage of the Phoenician alphabet was that it was ___________ than cuneiform
What is simpler
300
If scientists find only large spear points in a prehistoric camp, they know that the people who lived there hunted this size of animals
What is hunted large animals
300
A city-state was a separate independent state because it had its own god, its own king, its own army and it's own ___________
What is government
300
This king of Bablylon is seen in the Bible in the book of Daniel
Who is king nebuchadezar
300
This is a binding agreement between two people
What is a covenant
300
The Phoenician alphabet has this many symbols
What is 22
400
Growing trade brought prosperity to cities which led to the growth in this type of organization of people
What are social classes
400
This is the oldest form of writing script
What is cuneiform
400
This man created a law code that was the first to be written down
Who is Hammurabi
400
This famous adage (saying) comes from the Code of hammurabi. "an ______ for an _______."
What is 'an eye for an eye'
400
Egypt: Egyptian civilization developed on the banks of the river because the Nile river did this and deposited rich soil on the land.
What is flood
500
Farming changed the way people lived because now they did this ______ instead of living as nomads.
What is settled in one place
500
This was the title of the Temple in Sumerian cultures
What is a ziggurat
500
This is the religion that was practiced by the babylonians
What is zorastrianism
500
Why is Hammurabi's code significant?
What is because it was the first to be written down
500
These animals were collected to make purple dye for trade
What are snails
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