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100
I was a Babylonian King
Who is HAMMURABI?
100

Mesopotamians created the first writing system. This writing system is called what?

What is Cuneiform?

100

This place was the first to arise in southern Mesopotamia.

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

We were allowed to go to school and learn Cuneiform in Mesopotamia

Who are upperclass boys?

200

The first of this type of place was built in the city of Nineveh.

What is a library?

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 Sumer, these people ruled the city-states at first, and they were apart of the upper class. 

Who are priests? 

300

The term that means to believe in many gods.

What is polytheism?

300

King Nebuchadnezzar II built this historic site for his wife, and to add to his wealthy, beautiful city. 

What are the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?

300

Mesopotamia stretched from the Persian Gulf, and northwest to this other sea. 

What is the Mediterranean Sea?

300

This term is when a group of merchants travel together to trade, mainly for safety purposes. 

What is a caravan?

400

These people took tribute from innocent people, and had very harsh punishments.

Who were the Assyrians? 

400

Name 3 Sumerian inventions. 

What is the wheel, sailboat, plow, Cuneiform?

400

"An eye for and eye, and a tooth for a tooth" was a saying from this. 

What is the Code of Hammurabi?

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

The Assyrian king separated his empire into different political districts called this. 

What is a province?

500

In ORDER, name the four out of the five empires that ruled throughout Mesopotamia. 

Akkadian, Babylonian, Assyrian, Chaldean, Persian 

500

Name the groups of people in the Sumerian middle class. (3) Then name the people in the lower class. (2)

What is farmers, merchants, artisans?

What is slaves and criminals? 

500

This Mesopotamian city was known for having advanced irrigation systems, and King Gilgamesh lived here. 

What is Uruk?

500

Why were there so many different city-states in Mesopotamia? 

The harsh desert land made it hard for them to communicate, so they formed separate governments and cities. 
500
The word Mesopotamia means…
What is land between two rivers?