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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

What geographic features influence the development of civilization in the region?

Mountains and rivers

200

We were allowed to go to school in Mesopotamia.

Who are upper-class 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?
200

The process of bringing water to the fields.

What is irrigation?

300

A device used to pray for a person when the person is absent

What is a statue?

300

Independent cities in Mesopotamia. Ex: Sumer, Assyria, and Babylonia.

What are city-states?

300
I am the body of water to the west of Mesopotamia.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
300

What impacted the development of civilization?

What is geography?

300

The temple building where Sumerians believed their gods lived.

What is a ziggurat?

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

This group was the first group to invent the plow.

What are Sumerians?

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

Kings were chosen by

What is by the gods?

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

King Hammurabi created this code of law, in what city-state?

What is Babylon or Babylonia?

500

This civilization was known for inventing the calendar.

What is Sumer?

500

Not everyone had to be a farmer due to the surplus of crops. People could specialize in other jobs, such as potters, scribes, jewelers, etc. What was this called?

What is job specialization?

500

Hammurabi's Code was a set of written laws, its main principle was

What is the strong should care for the weak.