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Babylonian king known for writing a Code of Law that some felt were unfair.
Who is Hammurabi?
100
Belief in many gods
What is ploytheism?
100
World's first civilization in the Mesopotamian region
What is Sumer?
100
Process developed by Sumerians allowing water to be moved from rivers to their fields
What is irrigation?
100
Pyramid shaped house of worship
What is a ziggurat?
200
Leader of the Hebrew when the group began
Who is Abraham?
200
Writing form of the Sumerians
What is Cuneiform?
200
Civilization led by King Hammurabi
What is Babylonia? or Babylon?
200
Two rivers that run through Mesopotamia
What are the Tigris and the Euphrates?
200
Professional writer
What is a scribe?
300
One of the most legendary historical figures at this time. Epics were written about him
Who is Gilgamesh?
300
Poem that tells a story of heroic deeds
What is an epic?
300
Brutal civilization that was warlike and conquered the civilizations around them
What is Assyria?
300
Body of water to the west of the Mesopotamia
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
300
A city that is also a separate state with its own government
What is a city-state?
400
King of the Chaldeans who ordered the construction of the Hanging Gardens
Who is Nebuchadnezzar?
400
Major event (think advancement) that allowed civilizations to arise in 8000 BCE
What is agriculture?
400
This group was first to map the stars and build the Hanging Gardens
Who are the Chaldeans?
400
Mesopotamia is referred to as this because of the shape of the area and its rich soil
What is the Fertile Crescent?
400
Groups of traveling merchants
What is a caravan?
500
I created the world's first empire
Who is Sargon?
500
Mesopotamia is called this in modern day
What is Iraq?
500
Group who created a new alphabet and traded PURPLE cloth
Who are the Phoenicians?
500
Series of level strips dug into a hillside to help with farming
What is terracing?
500
A time when people starve because there is so little food
What is a famine?