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100
Mesopotamia means "The land _______________"
What is The Land Between Two Rivers?
100
This system allowed the Mesopotamians to become a very productive agricultural civilization.
What is irrigation?
100
These people formed the largest portion of the population.
Who are the free people?
100
These people were religious leaders and elites.
Who are the high priests?
200
Mesopotamia is bordered by two rivers, name them.
What are the Tigris and the Euphrates?
200
The Mesopotamians invented this farming tool which made planting seeds much easier
What is the seeder plow/plow?
200
These people performed forced labour.
Who are slaves?
200
These people were responsible for protecting trade and agriculture.
Who are soldiers?
300
Mesopotamia was found mostly in this modern day country
What is Iraq?
300
The Mesopotamians produced surplus grain and livestock for trade, which they kept track of with this innovation
What is writing?
300
This person ruled Mesopotamia
Who is the King?
300
These people were important to Mesopotamia because they posessed an important, but rare skill.
Who are the scribes?
400
The Mesopotamians traded for mineral resources from this mountain region.
What are the Zagros Mountains?
400
Though it began with pictograms, this for of writing eventually evolved to include 700 characters that represented sounds.
What is Cuneiform writing?
400
These people practiced agriculture
Who are peasants?
400
These military men were considered elites in Mesopotamian Society.
Who are The Army Commanders?
500
The Tigris and Euphrates rivers empty into this body of water, which was also the name of the first Iraq war in the 1990s.
What is The Persian Gulf?
500
This King created the first set of written laws, which bear his name.
Who is Hammurabi/What is Code of Hammurabi?
500
These people traded with other groups of people outside Mesopotamia
Who are merchants?
500
This person received a tax from the peasants.
Who is the king?