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Known as the "cradles of civilization.”

What is Mesopotamia?

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

This Covenant was a formal agreement between the Hebrew people and their god, Yahweh. The Covenant was given to Moses in the form of_______.

What are the Ten Commandments?

200

We were allowed to go to school in Mesopotamia.

Who are boys?

200

I was the civilization led by King Hammurabi.

What is Babylonia?

200

The two rivers that run through Mesopotamia.

What are the Tigris and the Euphrates?

200
A professional writer.
What is a scribe?
300

Early writings were usually histories that were written...

What was bone, shells, stone, or other hard materials?

300
A traditional story that tells a belief.
What is a myth?
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

After being liberated from the Babylonians, the Hebrews settled here.

What is Samaria, and/or Jerusalem?

400

I ruled the Babylonian civilization

Who is HAMMURABI?

400
The length of a traditional school day in Mesopotamia.
What is from sunrise to sunset?
400

These were step-pyramids located in the center of the city.

What are ziggurats?

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

This civilization was based more on a political boundaries than cultural boundaries

Who are the Sumer?

500
This was a major event that allowed civilizations to arise in 8000 BCE.
What is agriculture?
500

This group were nomadic sheep herders.

Who were the Hebrews?

500
This civilization was a crossroads of trade because of its central location.
What is Babylon?
500
A time when people starve because there is so little food.
What is famine?