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I was a Babylonian King
Who is HAMMURABI?
100
The belief in many gods
What is polytheism?
100
I was the world's first civilization in the Mesopotamian region.
What is Sumer?
100
This process that was developed by the Sumerians allowed water to be moved from the rivers to their farms fields.
What is irrigation?
100
A temple tower in Mesopotamia.
What is a ziggurat?
200

I went to Nineveh to tell the king of this empire that it would be destroyed in 40 days if they did not turn from their evil ways

What is Assyria?

200
We were allowed to go to school in Mesopotamia.
Who are upperclass boys?
200

I was the civilization led by King Hammurabi.

What is Babylon?

200
The two rivers that run through Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and the Euphrates?
200
A professional writer.
What is a scribe?
300

I created this number of laws in my Code of Laws

What was 282?

300

This was the first writing system which was created by the Sumerians

What is cuneiform?

300
A brutal civilization that was very war like and would often conquer the civilizations around them.
What is Assyria?
300
I am the body of water to the west of Mesopotamia.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
300

This was mastered by the Hittites and used to make the Assyrian army stronger

What are iron weapons?

400
I was the king of the Chaldeans who ordered the construction of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Who was Nebuchadnezzar?
400

Merchants came to the city in traveling groups known as

What are caravans?

400
This group was the first group to map the stars and building the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.
What is the Chaldeans?
400
Mesopotamia is often referred to as the ________ because of the shape of the area and its rich soil.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
400
A city that is also a separate independent state with its own god or goddess and government.
What is a city-state?
500
I created the world’s first empire
Who was Sargon I?
500

This was a major factor that allowed civilizations to arise in 8000 BCE.

What is agriculture or farming?

500
The group who created a new alphabet and traded purple cloth.
What are the Phoenicians?
500

This river is the longest river in the world

What is the Nile River?

500

Irrigation let the early farmers grow extra amounts of food known as

What is a surplus?