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People
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100
A person who copies or writes out documents; often a record keeper.
Who is a scribe?
100
A system of writing developed by the Sumerians that used wedge-shaped marks made in soft clay.
What is cuneiform?
100
This person rebuilt Babylon, making it the largest and richest city in the world.
Who is Nebuchadnezzar?
100
The plain between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers was called Mesopotamia.
What is TRUE & Geography?
100
TRUE OR FALSE: In ancient Mesopotamia, they used sun dried mud bricks to build their homes.
What is TRUE.
200
A system that supplies dry land with water through ditches, pipes, or streams.
What is irrigation?
200
A belief in more than one god.
What is polytheism?
200
This group rebelled against the Assyrians.
Who is the Chaldeans?
200
The Sumerians created an epic poem called the Iliad.
What is FALSE and Achievements?
200
The Chaldeans were known for the following...........
What is major trade route, high taxes and tributes, inventing the sundial, ancient wonder of the world....
300
A person who studies planets and stars.
Who is an astronomer?
300
A group of merchants traveling together for safety, usually with a large number of camels.
What is caravan?
300
This person created the world’s first empire.
Who is Sargon?
300
An empire is a large territory or group governed by one ruler.
What is TRUE and Politics?
300
In Mesopotamia, floods deposited silt, which made the soil __________.
What is fertile?
400
A city that governs itself and its surrounding territory.
What is a city-state?
400
A pyramid-shaped structure with a temple at the top.
What is a ziggurat?
400
Sumerian artisans, merchants, farmers, and fishers made up this LARGE social group
What is the middle class?
400
Sumerian women held similar jobs to the Neolithic women.
What is TRUE and Social Structure?
400
True of False: The Assyrians were welcoming people and many people loved their empire. Would you want to live with them?
What is FALSE, NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
500
A forced payment made to a ruler or state as a sign of surrender.
What is a tribute?
500
A long poem that tells the story of a hero
What is an epic?
500
He wrote a legal code that covered most areas of daily life
Who is Hammurabi?
500
Sumerians used coins to trade their goods.
What is FALSE and Economy?
500
Mesopotamia was known as the "cradle of civilization". Why was it called this? Provide examples.....
What is Mesopotamia is where civilization started to emerge! They invented a type of writing (cuneiform), wheel, plow, chariot, sailboats, potter’s wheel, geometry, bronze......