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Challenge
100
Fine particles of fertile soil that is deposited on the ground when the river overflows
What is silt?
100
A large, organized group with similar culture that lasts over a long period of time.
What is a society?
100
This tool is used to make marks in clay, it was usually a sharp stick.
What is a stylus?
100
A person who studies the stars and planets.
What is an astronomer?
100
This Sumerian invention is used today in many ways, one especially helps us when we drive in our cars.
What is the wheel?
200
Man-made walls that are made of dirt to make the river banks higher.
What are dikes?
200
A highly developed form of culture.
What is a civilization?
200
A mixture of different metals used to make better weapons.
What is an alloy?
200
Worshipping many gods and goddesses.
What is polytheism?
200
The name of the two rivers that flow through Mesopotamia providing the land with water for irrigation.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
300
What the Sumerians dug to carry water to their fields, another name for "waterway".
What is a canal?
300
The whole building that housed the temple on top, libraries and storerooms, and where the priests and priestesses lived.
What is a ziggurat?
300
Having extra amounts of things such as food allowing people to develop special skills.
What is a surplus?
300
An educated person, usually a male, that is able to write and record important information for the wealthy class.
What is a scribe?
300
An Ancient Wonder of the World containing tropical flowers, trees, waterfalls, and birds to please a king's wife.
What are The Hanging Gardens of Babylon?
400
A place where the river spreads out into many mouths, it is shaped like a triangle.
What is a delta?
400
A large, powerful nation usually including many nations having one powerful ruler.
What is an empire?
400
The Sumerian system of writing used to record trade, business agreements, and stories.
What is cuneiform?
400
A large group of people that travel together in bands.
What is a caravan?
400
The king that created a set of laws to keep peace in the land and ensure justice and equality among its people.
Who is Hammurabi?
500
The name of the place that means "land between two rivers".
What is Mesopotamia?
500
A small, independent country made up of the city and the surrounding area having its own ruler.
What is a city-state?
500
A highly developed system that supplies water to dry land.
What is irrigation?
500
A payment of tax or rent to someone.
What is a tribute?
500
This is believed to be the world's oldest story, which was written as an epic poem.
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?