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I was a Babylonian King with strict 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

Belief in one god.

What is a monotheism?

200

I was the leader of the first empire, Akkad, who fought over 50 wars.

Who was Sargon?

200

The only people allowed to go to school in Mesopotamia.

Who are upperclass 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
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 Akkad?

300
I am the body of water to the west of Mesopotamia.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
300

First set of laws, made up of 282 codes that were displayed in public.

What is the Code of Hammurabi?

400

The pyramid-like structure that was the center of city-states.

What is a ziggurat?

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

This was a major event that allowed civilizations to settle (leave nomadic life).

What is agriculture/farming?

500

Most people in the first city-states in Sumer were ______ for a living.

What are farmers?

500
What body of water is located to the East of Mesopotamia
What is The Persian Gulf?
500
The word Mesopotamia means…
What is land between two rivers?