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100
I'm the king that wrote the first Code of Law.
Who is Hammurabi?
100
The belief in many gods
What is polytheism?
100
Sumer had the first ever ___________ social order ruled by one king or queen.
What is a monarchy?
100
The form of writing developed by the Sumerians.
What is cuneiform?
100
About 1,000 years after Hammurabi, a new empire arose in Mesopotamia. It was founded by the _______________.
Who are the Assyrians?
200
I set up the world's first empire.
Who is Sargon?
200
Our gods were based on this
What is nature?
200
This person and his family were at the top of the social classes.
Who is the king?
200

The Sumerian invented the ________ cart and also the _______________ which changed the face of trade.

What are wheels and sailboats?

200

Name at least 3 things that made the Assyrians so strong.

What is Well-organized, foot soldiers, marksmen, chariot riders, soldiers on horseback, used iron weapons?

300
I am the king that they wrote epics about.
Who is Gilgamesh?
300
Our kings were believed to be this...part man, part god.
What is a demi-god?
300

The majority of Mesopotamia was made up of this class.

What is the middle class?

300
Developed the format of _________ we still use today. (think #60)
What is time?
300
The Assyrians were the first to use these to knock down city gates.
What is a battering ram?
400
I am the king that destroyed the temple and built the Hanging Gardens for my wife.
Who is Nebuchadnezzar?
400
Pyramid looking temples with grand staircases, sometimes reaching as high as 300 feet into the air.
What is a ziggurat?
400

These people were directly underneath the king on the social pyramid.

Who are priests and military leaders?

400
Invented this game that we still play today.
What is checkers?
400
In Babylon, the __________ made pottery, cloth, baskets, and jewelry.
What is artisans?
500
I am a skilled person who recorded information through writing.
What is a scribe?
500

This was located at the very top of the ziggurat.

What is a shrine or a temple?

500

Groups of traveling merchants that would buy and sell things along the road.

What are caravans?

500
Invented this implement to help farmers.
What is the plow?
500

Babylon was a center of trade, but also a center of this.

What is science?