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The meaning of the word Mesopotamia
What is the "Land Between the Rivers"?
100
To worship or believe in more than one god
What is polytheism?
100
This invention helped prepare fields for planting
What is a plow?
100
The material houses in Sumer and Babylon were made from
What are mud bricks?
100
A story about a king who battles monsters and travels the world with his friend.
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?
200
The two rivers of Mesopotamia
What are the Tigris and the Euphrates?
200
The temple or place of worship in Mesopotamia
What is a ziggurat?
200
Two of the major crops grown in Mesopotamia
What are wheat and barley?
200
Social status was determined by these
What are jobs and wealth?
200
The one thing the civilizations of Mesopotamia did NOT have in common
What is language?
300
The modern country located in the region of Mesopotamia
What is Iraq?
300
They enjoyed high social status and were involved in the ruling of the city-state.
What is a priest?
300
The development of agriculture makes this possible
What are permanent settlements?
300
Known as the fiercest warriors
What are the Assyrians?
300
The 3 civilizations of Mesopotamia
What is Sumer, Babylon and Assyria?
400
The type of land surrounding the area of Mesopotamia
What is the (Syrian) Desert?
400
They were professional writers
What is a scribe?
400
This allowed farmers to grow more crops
What are irrigation systems and levees?
400
Social status in order from highest to lowest
What is king, priest, merchant, farmer, slave?
400
Another name for Mesopotamia based on inventions and ideas we use today.
What is the Cradle or Birthplace of Civilization?
500
Another name for Mesopotamia that comes from rich soil of the area
What is the Fertile Crescent?
500
The written laws of Babylon are attributed to him
Who was Hammurabi?
500
The first use for writing
What are business records?
500
The name of the first written language
What is cuneiform?
500
Written code of law
What is Hammurabi's Code?