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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 created the world's first empire by joining all of Mesopotamia into a single country under my rule

Who is Sargon the First?

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 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
I was one of the most legendary historical figures, I was a heroic priest-king from the Sumerian city-state of Uruk
Who was Gilgamesh?
300
A traditional story that tells a belief.
What is a myth?
300

Civilization that used iron weapons and chariots to conquer their foes

What is Assyria?

300

I am the body of water to the west of Mesopotamia.

What is the Mediterranean Sea?

300
After leaving Egypt, the Israelites settled here.
What is Canaan?
400

I was the founder of the Achaemenid  Empire of Ancient Persia around 600 BCE, merciful to my foes, and I even showed tolerance and respect to non-Persians.

Who was Cyrus the Great?

400

Priestess

What job could some women become in ancient Mesopotamia? 

400

This group would soon conquer all of Mesopotamia, Turkey, parts of Saudi Arabia, and even Egypt and parts of Greece on their rise

Who were the Persians?

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 was the leader of the Hebrews when Judaism first formed.  It all started with me!

Who is Abraham

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

Group from north Africa who created a new alphabet,  traded purple cloth, and were considered the greatest traders and sailors around 1000BCE

What are the Phoenicians?

500

What body of water lies between Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Iran?

What is the Persian Gulf?

500
A time when people starve because there is so little food.
What is famine?