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He was a Babylonian King who came up with a code of laws.


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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?
100

Believes in one god.

Monotheistic

200

Though not all civilizations had currency, they all collected a form of _________ from their people.



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taxes

200

We were allowed to go to school in Mesopotamia.

Who are upperclass boys?

200

I was the civilization led by King Hammurabi.



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What is Babylonia?

200
The two rivers that run through Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and the Euphrates?
200

A professional writer.



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What is a scribe?

200

Believes in many gods.

Polytheistic

300

This group is responsible for sailboats and the plow.

Sumerians

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 (not the Persians).

What is Assyria?

300

Which group ended up having the largest empire of all of the Mesopotamian cultures?

Persia

300

The Phoenicians will be remembered for inventing this crucial thing for writing.

Alphabet

300

Religion from Persia

Zorastrianism

400

These people invented purple dye.

The Phoenicians

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.


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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?

400

What do we call a government where the leader is the religious leader also?


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theocracy

500

Which group divided their empire into 20 regions to be ruled by governors?



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Persians

500
This was a major event that allowed civilizations to arise in 8000 BCE.
What is agriculture?
500

Most people in the first city-states in Sumer did what for a living?

farming

500

These people had land that was not suitable for farming and instead became famous traders.

Phoenicians

500

The word Mesopotamia means…



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What is land between two rivers?

500

This official religion of Persia believed that...

The universe has both good and evil.