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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?
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
The length of a traditional school day in Mesopotamia.
What is from sunrise to sunset?
300

This was a major innovation that allowed civilizations to arise in 8000 BCE.

What is agriculture?

300
Mesopotamia is often referred to as the ________ because of the shape of the area and its rich soil.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
300
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 the bottom of the social structure in Mesopotamia.

What is a slave.

400
I was a Babylonian King
Who is HAMMURABI?
400
This civilization was a crossroads of trade because of its central location.
What is Babylon?
400
A time when people starve because there is so little food.
What is famine?