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Miscellaneous
100
What year did agriculture begin in Mesopotamia?
7000 BC
100
A group of people that first settled in Mesopotamia 12,000 years ago.
Hunter-gatherers
100
an area of rich farmland in Southwest Asia where the first civilizations began
The Fertile Crescent
100
the worship of many gods
polytheism
100
This city was located on the Euphrates River near what is today Baghdad, Iraq. It was very powerful around 1800 BC
What is Babylon
200
The year the Phoenicians were really trading all around the Mediterranean.
1000 BC
200
In Southern Mesopotamia around 3000 BC, the group of people that lived there were called:
Sumerians
200
a human-made waterway
a Canal
200
a pyramid-shaped temple in Sumer
What is a ziggurat
200
How many laws were there in Hammurabi's Code?
282
300
Sargon of Akkadia conquers Mesopotamia in this year.
2350 BC
300
In 1792 BC, this man became king of Babylon.
Hammurabi
300
a mixture of fertile soil and tiny rocks that can make land ideal for farming
What is silt
300
a writer
What is a scribe
300
The Phoenicians greatest contribution to mankind was:
The alphabet
400
Hammurabi's Code of Law are created.
1770 BC
400
This man sought to extend the Akkadian Empire by conquering other lands.
Sargon
400
a political unit consisting of a city and its surrounding countryside
What is a city-state
400
long poems that tell the stories of heroes
What is an epic
400
How did the Hittites defeat the Babylonians?
They had superior iron-making skills, the used the chariot in battle, and the had better weapons.
500
The Hittites of Asia Minor conquered Mesopotamia in this year:
1595 BC
500
He was the ruler of the city of Uruk.
Gilgamesh
500
land with different territories and peoples under a single rule
What is an empire
500
a ruler of a kingdom or empire
What is a monarch
500
What was the name of the snail where the purple 'dye' came from?
Murex Snail