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A legendary king with an epic written about him

Who was Gilgamesh?

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The belief in many gods.
What is polytheism?
100
Mesopotamia is known as _______.
What is "the Land Between Two Rivers"?
100

Mesopotamia's form of government ruled by a king.

What is a monarchy/theocracy?

100

Solomon's temple was built for this reason 

To house the Torah and to serve as a place of worship

200

The world's first empire.

What is the Akkadian Empire?

200

The first Jewish person

Who was Abraham?

200
The two rivers that run through Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris & Euphrates Rivers?
200
These were the 281 laws in Babylonia.
What is Hammurabi's Code?
200

Credited with inventing the coin

Lydians

300

This Akkadian ruler created the world's first empire

Who was Sargon?
300
The temple where the Mesopotamian gods were worshipped.
What is a ziggurat?
300

The people of Mesopotamia became very good at what?

Farming 

300
A Mesopotamian town that had walls and a working government.
What is a city-state?
300

Skilled sailors and traders

Phoenicians

400

The king that restored Babylon to its prior glory

Who was Nebuchadnezzar II?

400

A city that is its own individual unit, with its own form of government and traditions 

What is a city state?

400

Methods used to water crops such as trenches and ditches

What is irrigation?

400
Mesopotamian officials collected THIS to pay for war.
What are taxes?
400

The most important Phoenician trading post

Carthage

500

This king created a code of 282 laws

Who was Hammurabi?

500

The name for the Jewish Bible

What is the Torah?

500
Mesopotamians invented this bronze-tipped tool for famers to turn the soil more easily.
What is a plow?
500

Large territory under one ruler consisting of many different places.

What is an empire?

500

One of most important contribution from the Phoenicians

development of the modern alphabet