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People who regularly move from place to place.
What are nomads?
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The Paleolithic people created these with different colored rocks, maybe for religious reasons, or maybe for good luck in the hunt.
What are cave paintings?
100
The first civilizations were built near these because they allowed people to trade and travel.
What are river valleys?
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A set of 282 laws that covered all aspects of society in the Babylonian Empire.
What is the Code of Hammurabi?
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Assyrian kings divided the Assyrian Empire into these political districts.
What are provinces?
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In Greek, this word means "old stone."
What is "Paleolithic"?
200
"Wedge-shaped" system of writing developed by the Sumerians.
What is cuneiform?
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A nickname for Mesopotamia, which means that other civilizations followed its example for thousands of years.
What is "The Cradle of Civilization?"
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This king united all of Mesopotamia under one empire.
Who is King Sargon?
200
This process involves taming animals and plants for a specific use.
What is domestication?
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In this age, women usually took care of the home while men farmed.
What is the Neolithic Age?
300
"Mountain of god" or "hill of Heaven."
What is a ziggurat?
300
In Mesopotamia, scribes wrote with these instruments on clay tablets.
What are reeds?
300
This capital of the Assyrian Empire held the world's first library.
What is Nineveh?
300
This group of traveling merchants could be found in Babylon, a glorious center of trade thanks to the Chaldeans.
What are caravans?
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Thanks to this new discovery, the people of the Paleolithic Age were able to survive the Ice Ages.
What is fire?
400
In the Neolithic Age, tools made out of this material became popular.
What is copper? OR What is bronze?
400
In Sumer, each of these had its own government and were not a part of a larger unit.
What are city states?
400
King of the Chaldeans who conquered the Assyrian Empire.
Who is King Nebuchadnezzar?
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The world's first piece of literature created by the Sumerians, which told the story of a man and his friend Enkidu.
What is the "Epic of Gilgamesh?"
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This was one of the earliest known communities during the Neolithic Age.
What is Jericho? OR What is Catal Huyuk?
500
Dams, walls, waterways, ditches, and canals.
What is irrigation?
500
Mesopotamia was bounded by both of these.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
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This powerful group of people in northern Mesopotamia conquered all of Mesopotamia in 2340 BC, making it the world's first empire.
Who are the Akkadians?
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This country is present-day Mesopotamia
What is Iraq / Syria / Turkey / Lebanon?