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The nickname for the land where the Mesopotamian's settled

What is The Fertile Crescent

100

The triangular piece of land where the Nile River meets the Mediterranean Sea

What is the Nile River Delta

100
What is the oldest known legal system?
What is Hammurabi's Code or The Code of Hammurabi
100

The location of the Indus River Valley Civilization

What is the first phonetic alphabet

100

Define Paleolithic era

What is: "Old stone age"

200
What was their system of writing?
What is cuneiform
200
What did the Egyptians call their kings?
What is Pharaohs
200
Why were the Babylonians said to have treated their women fairly? (This was unheard of at the time)
What is Babylonian women could own property and engage in business
200
What were the Hittites famous for?
What is iron; they were the first to make weapons out of iron.
200

Define Neolithic

What is "New stone age"

300
Name one of their inventions
What is wheel, arch, plow, sailboat, cuneiform
300
What type of writing did the Egyptians use?
What is Heiroglyphics
300
What Sumerian literature do "The Babylonian Epics" resemble?
What is "The Gilgamesh Legends"
300
What kind of reputation did the Assyrians have?
What is the fiercest warriors in history; cruel, violent
300
Describe the Neolithic Revolution
What is The change when people stopped hunting and gathering and started growing food and domesticating animals
400
What does Mesopotamia mean?
What is "the land between the rivers"
400
Which "rock" made it possible for us to read Hieroglyphics?
What is the Rosetta Stone
400
What are some characteristics of Hammurabi's Code?
What is strict, harsh, clear, "an eye for an eye"
400
Which civilization was known for their trade of goods and cultures along the Mediterranean?
What is the Phoenicians
400

Innovations made during the Paleolithic era

What is: stone tools, art, culture

500
Sumer was made up of what?
What is multiple, independent city-states
500

The group at the bottom of the Egyptian social hierarchy

What is slaves.

500
What did the Babylonian's work in astrology allow them to discover?
What is they were able to recognize planets and foretell eclipses
500
What are the first five books of the Old Testament called? (from the Hebrews)
What is the Torah
500

The era when humans tamed dogs.

What is The Paleolithic era