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Mesopotamia facts
100

Who was in the upper class of Mesopotamia?

Who are kings and priests?

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

What are the TWO names of the rivers in Mesopotamia:

What are the Tigris and Euphrates? 

100

These step pyramids were built as a dedication to the main god of the city.

What is a ziggurat?

200

These people were in the lowest class in Mesopotamia:

Who are slaves?

200

Before people settled in Mesopotamia, what were they?

Who are nomads? 

200

Who was the first ruler to unite Mesopotamia under one rule using effective military tactics.

Who is King Sargon of Akkad

200

Mesopotamians watered their crops by.. 

What is developing an irrigation system?

200
A professional writer.
What is a scribe?
300

Without the Mesopotamian invention of the ______, we may not have cars, bicycles, or even trains.

What is the wheel?

300
Mesopotamians created the first writing system. This writing system is called what?
What is cuneiform?
300

Most people in the first city-states had this job:

What are farmers?

300

Mesopotamia is located in what modern 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

What was the primary role of women in Ancient Mesopotamia.

What is primarily wives, mothers and housekeepers.

400

This ruler declared Marduk the supreme god over all, created the postal service and built roads.

Who is King 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
A city that is also a separate independent state with its own god or goddess and government.
What is a city-state?
500

What is the earliest pieces of literature invented in Mesopotamia.  These were independent stories based on the King of Uruk.

What is the Epic of Gilgamesh.

500
This was a major event that allowed civilizations to arise in 8000 BCE.
What is agriculture?
500

This empire was re-established after the fall of the Assyrian empire.  

What is the Neo-Babylonian Empire.

500

What are two reasons why the Mesopotamians chose to develop their civilization where they did?

What is the fertile soil and immediate access to water? 

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