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100

What is better known as a record keeper?

A scribe!

100

What were houses typically made out of during Sumerian times?

Mud! (bricks)

100

What happens when a king dies?

His eldest son would become king!

100

What are nomads?

People who move around from place to place!

100

Who are people who study the heavenly bodies?

Astronomers!

200

What was the earliest age of people?

The Stone Age!

200

What was the most major discovery of the Stone Age?

FIRE!

200

What is the oldest known story from Sumerian times?

The Epic of Gilgamesh!

200

What is cavalry?

Troops on horseback!

200

Who would most likely study fossils; historians, archaeologists, or anthropolgists?

Archaeologists!

300

What kinds of things would gatherers gather?

Berries, nuts, seeds etc.

300

What types of things inside of caves did historians use to learn more about people of the Stone Age?

Cave paintings!

300

What were the two major rivers in Mesopotamia called?

Tigris and Euphrates!

300

How did city-states protect themselves?

Large walls ant big armies!

300

Why was Babylon so successful for trading?

It was in the middle of a major trade route.

400

What are political districts in an empire called?

Provinces!

400

What covered the earth during ice ages?

Glaciers!

400

What is a caravan?

A group of traveling merchants.

400

What was the Assyrian capital called and what did it eventually become?

Nineveh and Babylon!

400

What are the remains/impressions of animals called?

Fossils!

500

DAILY DOUBLE!

What was the most marvelous and famous site at the ancient city of Babylon?

The Hanging Gardens of Bablyon!

500

Where is Mesopotamia located in the present day?

Iraq!

500

Why was irrigation so important?

So that people could move the water source towards them.

500

What is the term for a tool that is used to make life easier for humans?

Technology!

500

DAILY DOUBLE!

What is bronze made out of?

A mixture of copper and tin!

600

The largest structure in many Mesopotamian city-states, including Sumer, was a rectangular temple dedicated to the gods in the center of town.  What was it called?

Ziggurat!

600

Dating back to 8,000 BC, what was the worlds oldest known village?

Jericho!

600

What was the Sumerian form of writing called and what did it consist of?

Cuneiform, carving on tablets.

600

What are skilled craftsmen better known as?

Artisans!

600

Who conquered the Chaldeans?

The Persians!

700

When did the last ice age end? (+ or - 1,000 years)

8,000 BC!

700

Name three very important inventions of Sumerian times.

Plow, wheel, sailboat.

700

What were the three classes in Sumerian city-states in order!

Kings and priests, artisans and farmers, slaves.

700

Who was the first king of Babylon?

Hammurabi!

700

When did the first civilization of Sumer begin?

Around 3,000 BC!