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a form of writing using wedge shaped symbols
What is cuneiform
100
The continent that Mesopotamia is on
What is Asia
100
The resource phoenicians were known for trading
What is cedar wood
100
The first king to rule an empire
Who is Sargon
100
letters combined to form words
What is the alphabet
200
a temple built to honor gods
What is a ziggurat
200
The name for the fertile land that arcs from the Mediterranean sea to the Persian gulf
What is the Fertile Crescent
200
A code of laws that were unfair to the lower classes of the social heirarchy
What is Hammurabi's Laws
200
King of the Babylonian Empire
Who is Hammurabi
200
A wheeled horse drawn cart
What is a chariot
300
They connected the people to the gods
Who are priests
300
The name of the two most important rivers in Mesopotamia
What are the Tigris and the Euprates
300
The technology that Hittites and Assyrians used in battle
What are chariots and iron weapons
300
King of Chaldeans who ruled from Babylon
Who is Nebuchadnezzar
300
The worship of many gods
What is polytheism
400
This invention would have made pottery a lot easier to make
What is the wheel
400
These were built to control the flow of the rivers
What are canals
400
This was created to keep track of business trades by the phoenicians
What is the alphabet
400
King who became a legendary figure in Sumerian stories
Who is Gilgamesh
400
Ancient mesopotamians fought over this
What is farmland
500
City states often fough over this
What is farmland
500
In this language, Mesopotamia means "land between the rivers"
What is Greek
500
Supposedly was built by Nebuchadnezzar to impress his wife
What is the hanging gardens
500
Group of people who created the first civilization
Who are the Sumerians
500
The division of society by rank
What is social heirarchy