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Mesopotamian Gods
Mesopotamian Geography
Sargon
Mesopotamian Social Hierarchy
Sumerian Achievements
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The worship of many gods is called this.
What is polytheism?
100
The two rivers located in Ancient Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigres and the Euphrates?
100
The first ruler to have a permanent army.
Who is Sargon?
100
This guy was at the top of the Mesopotamian social hierarchy. He believed he was chosen by the gods to rule.
What is the king?
100
The world's first system of writing, developed by the Ancient Sumerians.
What is cuneiform?
200
The lord of the air.
Who is Enlil?
200
Mesopotamia in Greek.
What is "between two rivers"?
200
The reason Sargon broke the peace with Sumerians.
What is the desire to extend Akkadian territory?
200
These people were at the bottom of the social hierarchy. They were often bought and sold at auctions.
What is a slave?
200
Earlier written communication, before the invention of cuneiform.
What are pictographs?
300
The god of wisdom.
Who is Enki?
300
A mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks.
What is silt?
300
Sargon had a similar beginning story to this biblical figure.
Who is Moses?
300
These people traveled to faraway places and exchanged goods for gold, silver, copper, lumber and other goods.
Who are traders?
300
Someone who kept track of business records as a writer.
What is a scribe?
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The goddess of love and war.
Who is Inanna?
400
A way of supplying water to an area of land.
What is irrigation?
400
Sargon sought to establish this, or land with different territories and peoples under a single rule.
What is an Empire?
400
These people were right below kings in the social hierarchy. The people relied on them to gain the gods' favor.
Who are the priests?
400
Long poems that tell the stories of heroes.
What is an epic? (Warryn Louis)
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The sun and moon god.
Who are Utu and Nanna?
500
Something that is more than needed.
What is a surplus?
500
The name of the new capital that Sargon established.
What is Akkad?
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The people made up the large working class.
Who are farmers and laborers?
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There's no need to reinvent this...The Sumerians already did it.
What is the wheel?