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100

I was a Babylonian King who made the world's first law code.

Who is HAMMURABI?

100
The belief in many gods
What is polytheism?
100
The word Mesopotamia means…
What is land between two rivers?
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 pyramid in Mesopotamia.

What is a ziggurat?

200
I was the leader of the first empire, Akkad.
Who was Sargon?
200
Craftsmen and other laborers were paid with this instead of money

What is grain?

200
I was the world's first civilization in the Mesopotamian region.
What is Sumer?
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
I was the civilization led by King Hammurabi.
What is Babylonia?
300

The biggest risk of living near a river.

What is flooding?

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 in a region 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 only below kings and are leaders in the ziggurats.

Who are priests?

500

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

What is agriculture/the Neolithic Revolution?

500
A brutal civilization that was very war like and would often conquer the civilizations around them.
What is Assyria?
500

Most of Mesopotamia was located in this modern-day country

What is Iraq?

500

DAILY DOUBLE

Name at least 3/5 characteristics of Civilization 

What are Advanced Cities, Specialized Workers, Complex Institutions, Record Keeping, Advanced Technology?