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More Mesopotamia
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land between rivers
What is Mesopotamia
100
King David
Who is the Jewish King who defeated a giant with a slingshot?
100
Wheels, writing and irrigation
What is Mesopotamian inventions
100
archeology
What is how a trash can is like the Earth's crust?
100
Gilgamesh
What is the first novel in history?
200
Tigris and Euphrates
What is the two rivers in Mesopotamia
200
monotheistic
What is the practice of worshipping one all-powerful God?
200
irrigation
What is a system of canals or ditches that brought water from the rivers to the crops?
200
surplus
What is having more than you need?
200
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
What did King Nebeduchadnezzar build for his wife?
300
Mesopotamian temple
What is a ziggurat
300
Abraham
Who is the man that God promised land according to the Bible?
300
Cuneiform
What is a wedge-shaped writing the Sumerians invented?
300
polytheistic
What is worshipping more than one god?
300
hunter gatherers
Who are people who followed herds and gathered nuts and berries?
400
allowed for worship of many Gods
What is a ziggurat
400
covenant
What is an agreement between God and Abraham?
400
prehistoric
What is the period of time before man wrote things down?
400
farming
What is the practice that allowed the Mesopotamians to stay in one place?
500
code of laws
What is Hammurabis contribution to his empire?
500
synagogue
What is a place built by Jews for worship and study?
500
empire
What is when a single ruler controls several kingdoms or territories, usually through powerful military force?
500
create civilization
What were the Mesopotamians able to do by staying in one place?