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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
type of writing invented in by the Summerians
What is a cuneiform?
200
I was the leader of the Hebrews when the group began
Who was ABRAHAM?
200
Religious buildings.
What are ziggurats?
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
Who was Gilgamesh?
300
A religous teacher/leader.
What is a priest?
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
After leaving Egypt, the Israelites settled here.
What is Canaan?
400
I was the king of the Chaldeans who ordered the construction of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Who was Nebuchadnezzar?
400
The type of metal that was found to be stronger than bronze.
What is iron?
400
This was the group led by Moses across the Red Sea when God parted the waters to help them escape the Egyptians.
Who are the Hebrews?
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
These were 2 things that allowed civilizations to arise in 8000 BCE.
What is agriculture and domestication of livestock?
500
The group who mastered farming and created a surplus.
Who are the Summerians?
500
This gulf is south of Mesopotamia.
What is the Persian Gulf?
500
A time when people starve because there is so little food.
What is famine?