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Elements of Civilization
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100
This is a person or group of people who rule over a certain area.
What is government?
100
He is considered the ancestor of three religions and he lived in Mesopotamia.
Who is Abraham?
100
The ancient land of Mesopotamia is in this current country.
What is Iraq?
100
These people wrote things for others as their job.
Who are scribes?
100
This is the religious temple in Mesopotamia.
What is a ziggurat?
200
This is the buildings or building style of a civilization.
What is architecture?
200
He is famous for writing down the first set of laws.
Who is Hammurabi?
200
This large body of water is to the west of Mesopotamia.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
200
These people led religious services and ceremonies.
Who are priests?
200
This means having extra food or supplies.
What is surplus?
300
This is how people communicate without talking.
What is writing?
300
He led the world's first empire, the Akkadian Empire.
Who is Sargon?
300
These are the two rivers that flow through Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
300
These people made crafts and tools that were needed for daily life.
Who are artisans?
300
This is the first written language, started in Mesopotamia.
What is cuneiform?
400
This is the belief about a higher power held by a group of people.
What is religion?
400
He was a Sumerian king who had a famous epic written about him.
Who was Gilgamesh?
400
Most of Mesopotamia has this type of climate.
What is desert?
400
These people bought, sold, and traded for a living.
Who are merchants?
400
This is an area with it's own government, using having a city center and farmland surrounding it.
What is a city-state?
500
This is a project or service that benefits the whole community and is often made by the government.
What is a public works project?
500
He expanded the Babylonian Empire and built the famous Hanging Gardens of Babylon.
Who is Nebuchadnezzar?
500
This body of water is at the southeastern edge of Mesopotamia.
What is the Persian Gulf?
500
This is the name for a king in Mesopotamia.
What is en?
500
This is a series of rulers from the same family.
What is a dynasty?