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I was a Babylonian King
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 flattened pyramid shaped temple found in Mesopotamia.

What is a ziggurat?

200
I was the leader of the first empire, Akkad.
Who was Sargon?
200

We were the only ones allowed to go to school in Mesopotamia.

Who are boys?

200
I was the civilization led by King Hammurabi.
What is Babylonia?
200
The two rivers that run through Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and the Euphrates?
200

The Sumerians created this device that could be pulled by oxen and was used to break up hard clay soil. 

What is a plow?

300

I created the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? 

Who was Nebuchadnezzar?

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

Sumer and Babylon were located in this present day country.

What is Iraq. 

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 fertile 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 of ealy Sumer, these people were at the top of the social structure, however, they were later replaced and eventaully became advisors. 

Who are priests?

500

This was a major event that allowed civilizations to arise in 8000 BCE.

What is the Neolithic Revolution?

500

In the early days of Sumer, most people in the city-state held what job? 

What are farmers?

500

Sumer was located near this gulf of water to the south

What is The Persian Gulf?

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