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Babylon
Phoenicians
Chaldeans
Sumerians
Mesopotamia
100
What river was Babylon located on?
Euphrates
100
The Phoenician Civilization was located along what sea?
Mediterranean
100
What city did the Chaldeans rebuild and make their capital?
Babylon
100
What does Mesopotamia mean?
Land between the rivers
100
Legend has it that Sargon was found floating in a basket on a river. What biblical story is this like?
Moses
200
What Babylonian King created a code of laws?
Hammurabi
200
Were the Phoenicians known for their military?
No
200
The Chaldeans were great__________ keeping detailed records of stars and planet positions
astronomers
200
The Sumerian empire was located on what two rivers?
The Tigris and Euphrates
200
To appease the gods the Sumerians built what?
ziggurats
300
One of the Seven Wonders is located in Babylon. What is it?
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
300
What color of dye were the Phoenicians known for?
purple
300
Who was the most well known King of the Chaldean's?
Nebuchadnezzar
300
What does Polytheism mean?
Belief in many gods
300
The Sumerian god of Heaven is who?
Anu
400
What country is Babylon in today?
Iraq
400
What type of wood did the Phoenicians trade?
cedar
400
Nebuchadnezzar built one of the Seven Wonders. What did he build?
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
400
What Sumerian story tells of a "Great Flood"
The Epic of Gilgamesh
400
Flooding was a problem in Sumeria so they built____________
irrigation ditches
500
How many sets of laws did Hammurabi have?
282
500
What did the Phoenicians develop because cuneiform was too difficult to use in business transactions?
the alphabet
500
Spell the king's name of the Chaldean's
Nebuchadnezzar
500
What type of writing did the Sumerians invent?
Cuneiform
500
The Sumerians did not have any natural barrier so they built______________
stone walls