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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 temple tower in Mesopotamia.
What is a ziggurat?
200
Why did Mesopotamian leaders order walls to be built around their city-states?
What is from protection from invaders?
200

We were allowed to go to school in Mesopotamia.

Who are upper-class 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
In the social hierarchy, these people are compared to kings and are leaders in the ziggurats.
Who are priests?
300
Mesopotamians created the first writing system. This writing system is called what?
What is cuneiform?
300

Mesopotamia was able to divide the days up into weeks that helped create the first _____________ that is still used today.

What is a calendar?

300

I am the body of water to the west of Mesopotamia and larger than a river or lake.

What is the Mediterranean Sea?

300
A _______ is a land with different territories and peoples under a single ruler.
What is an empire?
400

Where did the rulers live in Ancient Mesopotamia?

What are Ziggurats?

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

Describe what Hammurabi's code was used for in Ancient Mesopotamia.

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500

This was a natural event that often happened in Ancient Mesopotamia to help crops grow, but could also cause devasting effects to the land.

What is flooding?

500
Most people in the first city-states in Sumer were ______
What are farmers?
500

Name natural barriers that Mesopotamia had in its civilization.

Answers may vary.

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