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100

I wrote a code of laws for Mesopotamia.

Who is HAMMURABI?

100

Unlike most ancient civilizations, these 2 groups of people had some rights in Mesopotamia.

What are women and enslaved people?

100
I was the world's first civilization in the Mesopotamian region.
What is Sumer?
100

The climate in Mesopotamia.

What is hot/dry/desert?

100
A temple tower in Mesopotamia.
What is a ziggurat?
200
I was the leader of the first empire, Akkad.
Who was Sargon?
200

We were allowed to go to school and learn to read and write in Mesopotamia.

Who are scribes?

200

Priests and kings belong to this social class.

What is top/high class?

200
The two rivers that run through Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and the Euphrates?
200
A professional writer.
What is a scribe?
300
In the social hierarchy, these people are compared to kings and are leaders in the ziggurats.
Who are priests?
300
Mesopotamians created the first writing system. This writing system is called what?
What is cuneiform?
300
A brutal civilization that was very war like and would often conquer the civilizations around them.
What is Assyria?
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 _______ is a land with different territories and peoples under a single ruler.
What is an empire?
400
Why did Mesopotamian leaders order walls to be built around their city-states?
What is from protection from invaders?
400
Without the Mesopotamian invention of the ______, we may not have cars, bicycles, or even trains.
What is the wheel?
400
Finish this law : “If a man put out the eye of another man, his __________________.”
What is his eyes shall be put out?
400

The new invention that carried water from the source to city-states all over.

What is an aqueduct?

400
The belief in many gods
What is polytheism?
500

Being chosen for this was considered a great honor for religious Mesopotamians

What is sacrifice?

500

This process that was developed by the Sumerians allowed water to be moved from the rivers to their farms fields.

What is irrigation?

500

The most popular job in early Mesopotamia. Also members of the middle class.

What are farmers?

500

The type of weather occurs annually in the Fertile Crescent.

What  is flooding?

500
The word Mesopotamia means…
What is land between two rivers?