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I was a Babylonian King who wrote a lot of laws

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

A group of soldiers standing in a particular formation

What is a phalanx?

200

I was the civilization led by King Hammurabi.

What is Babylon?

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. There is a great epic written about me.
Who was Gilgamesh?
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

Abraham was raised in the city-state of ...

What is Ur?

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
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
In the social hierarchy, these people are compared to kings and are leaders in the ziggurats.
Who are priests?
500

What prophet did God send to Nineveh?

Who is Jonah?

500
Most people in the first city-states in Sumer were ______
What are farmers?
500
What body of water is located to the East of Mesopotamia
What is The Persian Gulf?
500

What does AD stand for?

What is anno domini?