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Double Points
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

We settled in the Fertile Crescent because of this

Farming, agriculture 

100

This was a major invention of the Babylonians

Sundial

100

This was a place of worship or temple in Mesopotamia 

A ziggurat

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?
200
This is the movement of water from one place to another

irrigation

200

This was used to create art and write on

Stele

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

Before we settled in the Fertile Crescent we would move from place to place in search of food. We were called this...

Hunter-gatherers, Nomads

300

This invention helped farmers and helped the food supply in Sumer

Plow

300

This is the belief in many gods

Polytheism 

400

We were ruled by King Sargon

What is 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?
400

This was a type of writing that the Sumerians created

Cuneiform 

400
Hammurabi created this

A code of laws

500

We helped create the first sundial

What are the Babylonians?

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?
500

This was originally used for pottery but was found to be even more useful on a chariot 

the wheel

500

Name on of the seven characteristics of a Civilization 

different options

The arts

writing

Goverment

Religion

stable food

technology

economy