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This area in the Middle East, now present day Iraq, considered to be home of some of the earliest civilizations is refered to as....
What is the Cradle of Civilization?
100
This person has the highest ranking on the social order
Who is the King?
100
This empire from Ancient Mesopotamia is often credited with inventing the wheel
Who are the Sumerians?
100
This Babylonian King is famous for early codefication of law
Who is Hammurabi?
100
These three units of currency existed in Ancient Mesopotamia
What are the Shekel, the Mina and the Talent?
200
The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers provided very good land for farming, hence this nickname for the region around them
What is the Fertile Crescent?
200
Of Sumer, Babylonia, Assyria and Chaldea, this empire was the largest
What is Assyria?
200
This group developed the first currencies
Who are the Babylonians?
200
This term refers to belief in more than one god
What is polytheism?
200
These were the three most popular crops
What are barley, dates and sesame seeds
300
Mesopotamia literally means...
What is "Between Rivers"
300
These 2 rivers flowed through Mesopotamia and were crucial to its development
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
300
This group developed iron weapons
Who are the Assyrians?
300
If a man blinded another by accident or on purpose, his punishment would likely be...
What is to be blinded?
300
This coin was worth 60 Shekels
What is the Mina?
400
This was a small boat made out of goat skin and reeds
What is a kelek?
400
The Chaldeans represent the last great Mesopotamian empire, they eventually fell to Cyrus from...
What is Persia?
400
This King is credited with creating the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Who is Nebuchadnezzar?
400
Nuns caught drinking wine were put to death by...
What is burning
400
a man could pay debts by...
What is becoming a slave or forcing one of his children into slavery?
500
People often consulted these for information about the gods and their own fate
What are oracles?
500
The discovery of this Queen's Tomb and the articles within it provided many clues about ancient beliefs in the afterlife.
Who is Queen Shub-Ad (Puabi)
500
The Sumerians produced this, the earliest known work of literature
What is The Epic of Gilgamesh?
500
This building, found in every individual city-state was dedicated to that city's god.
What is the ziggurat?
500
These people, the bottom of the social classes, could be bought and sold as commodities
Who are the slaves?