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100
The vocab word for good dirt.
Silt
100
This invention made farming easier and more efficient.
A Plow
100
What type of religion did most people in Mesopotamia believe in?
Polytheism
100
Mesoptamian city states were lead by...
A king
100
Mesopotamia means this in Greek
The Land between 2 Rivers
200
The rivers in the fertile crescent.
Tigris and Euphrates
200
This pottery tool was invented by the Mesopotamians.
A potters wheel
200
How were leaders in Mesopotamia chosen?
Kings were chosen by the Gods.
200
Most people in Mesopotamia held what job?
Farmers
200
Vocab word for when there is too much of something.
Surplus
300
The way Mesopotamia redirected flood waters to their fields.
Irrigation
300
This is a form of writing in Mesopotamia.
Cuneiform
300
This is a temple from Mesopotamia.
A Ziggurat
300
The vocab word for a central city and the countryside around it.
City- State
300
In Mesopotamia prisioners of war often became...
Enslaved
400
2 things that people changed to become farmers.
Domestication of plants (wheat) and animals.
400
The Phoenicans are famous for this invention.
The Alphabet
400
A long poem about a hero, sometimes of religious significance.
An Epic
400
This quote comes from the first written laws in Mesopotamia. "An eye for an eye"
Hammurabi's Code
400
territories and groups of people from different lands under a single rule
Empire
500
Mesopotamians believed the flood waters were controlled by...
The Gods
500
This was the main Character of the first known Epic in the world.
Gilgamesh
500
Enheduanna was a priestess in Mesopotamia. What is she known for?
The first known author in History.
500
List 4 of the major Civilizations in Mesopotamia.
Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians, Assyrian, Phoenicians, Persians.
500
Darius I was a Persian Emperor who standerdized the use of this item which bears his image.
Gold and silver coins or currency.