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Farming
Religion
Government
Empires and Laws
Totally Random
100
Particles of fertile soil
What is silt?
100
The belief in more than one god.
What is polytheism?
100
A city that governs itself
What is a city-state?
100
I am the Babylonian king famous for the earliest known written code of law.
Who is Hammurabi?
100
The name of ancient Sumerian writing.
What is cuneiform?
200
A system that supplies dry land with water.
What is irrigation?
200
A pyramid shaped temple with a temple on top.
What is a ziggurat
200
This man-made structure is the first line of defense against invaders.
What is a city wall?
200
Having to do with soldiers, weapons and war.
What is military?
200
A group of people traveling together; also the name of a Dodge minivan.
What is a caravan?
300
A way nature depots silt on land
What is flooding?
300
A religious leader
What is a priest?
300
When two nations agree to help each other.
What is an alliance?
300
A powerful militaristic empire that conquered the lands of Mesopotamia about 3000 years ago.
Who were the Assyrians?
300
A person who studies the stars and planets.
What is an astronomer?
400
The "land between the rivers"
What is Mesopotamia?
400
The only people (humans) allowed in the top of a ziggurat.
Who are priests?
400
Payment made to ruler or state as a sign of surrender.
What is a tribute?
400
The name of the famous set of laws written by a Babylonian king.
What is Hammurabi's Code?
400
A person who copies or writes out documents; often a record keeper.
What is a scribe?
500
More than what is needed.
What is a surplus?
500
I live in the temple on top of a ziggurat.
What is a Sumerian god?
500
A large territory or or group of territories govern ended by one ruler
What is an empire?
500
Some say if we followed this famous phrase we'd leave the whole world blind.
What is "an eye for an eye"?
500
The names of the rivers responsible for the settlement of Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?