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farming
Empires
Sumeria
variety
100
Invention by the Sumerians to make farming easier.
What is the plow
100
The land between two rivers is
What is Mesopotamia
100
How many months are in their year
What is 12
100
Our clock is based on the base ____ number system developed by the Sumerians
What is 60
200
Mesopotamia was good for farming because it had ___ soil.
What is fertile
200
These people were the first to become master ironworkers
What is Hittites
200
Who is at the highest level of the Sumerian social classes
Who are Kings
200
The first set of written laws is called
What is Hammurabi's Code
300
The Sumerians controlled the rivers with a series of __________ and _____________.
What is levees and dams
300
This group of people developed the first alphabet
Who are the Phoenicians
300
What is the temple located at the center of Sumerian Cities called?
What is a ziggurat
300
Sumerian homes were made from
What are mud bricks
400
Controlling water flow in an area with crops is called
What is irrigation
400
Nebuchadnezzar was the leader of which group
Who are The Chaldeans
400
The lowest social class in the Sumerians class system are the
What is slaves
400
Early Sumerian writing is called
What is cuneiform
500
What two rivers flooded to leave behind fertile soil
What are Tigris and Euphrates
500
The Assyrians took over Babylon in
What is 900 BC
500
The Sumerians believed in many gods, this is called
What is polytheism
500
The Chaldeans solved complex _____ problems
What is geometry