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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
The holy place where they believed their gods lived in Mesopotamia.
What is a ziggurat?
200
I created the first set of laws. It is famous for "an eye for an eye."
Who was 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
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. The first fairy tale.
Who was Gilgamesh?
300
A set of 282 laws.
What is Hammurabi's Code?
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
Taming wild animals where humans benefit.
What is domestication?
400
I created the monarchy (my son became king after me).
Who is Sargon?
400
Priests, kings, and warriors.
Who are the nobles (upper class)?
400
The first empire.
The Akkadian Empire.
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
Some contributions that the Sumerians gave us.
What is the wheel? What is the calendar? What is the plow? What is the concept of time?
500
I am called this because I am between two rivers.
What is Mesopotamia?
500
The first form of writing. It was created by the Sumerians.
What is Cunieform?