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Rulers
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?
100
I was a Babylonian King
Who is HAMMURABI?
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

What writing system did the Sumerians develop?

What is a cunieform?

200
I was the leader of the Hebrews when the group began
Who was ABRAHAM?
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

What invention allowed Sumerians to build  carts and chariots?

What is the wheel?

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?

400

What was a stele, and how did the Akkadians use one?

A carved stone monument used to record important events, such as military victories.

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?
400
I was the king of the Chaldeans who ordered the construction of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Who was Nebuchadnezzar?
500

Explain two ways an empire could maintain control over conquered territories, using examples from Mesopotamia.

An empire could collect tribute and appoint governors to administer conquered lands, as the Akkadians did. An empire could also use military force, intimidation, and organized communication, as the Assyrians did.

500

Explain how the Akkadian, Babylonian, Assyrian, and Neo-Babylonian empires each made a different major contribution to Mesopotamian history.

The Akkadians united city-states into an empire. The Babylonians developed Hammurabi's Code. The Assyrians built a powerful military empire. The Neo-Babylonians rebuilt Babylon with impressive architecture.

500
This civilization was a crossroads of trade because of its central location.
What is Babylon?
500

Sumer had the features of a civilization, but its city-states were independent rather than ruled together by one government.

What is they had independent city states and did not conquer others?

500
I created the world’s first empire
Who was Sargon I?