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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

We are the four empires of Mesopotamia

What are the Akkadian, the Assyrian, the Babylonian and the Neo-Babylonian.

200

The dance that was performed during festivals, sacrifices and offerings.

What is the chain dance?

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

The blue stone that was excavated and traded.

What is Lapis Lazuli?

300
A brutal civilization that was very war like and would often conquer the civilizations around them.
What is Assyria?
300
Today's name for the region of the Fertile Crescent.

What is Iraq?

300

The form of writing that the Mesopotamians developed.

What is cuneiform?

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

These were used as "signatures" for many Mesopotamians.

What are cylinder seals?

400

The ones that conquered the Sumerians?

Who were the Akkadians?

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 event that allowed civilizations to arise in 8000 BCE.
What is agriculture?
500

The languages that these civilizations developed, and which is now extinct.

What are the Sumerian and Akkadian languages?

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?