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The first river civilization was called this...
What is Mesopotamia?
100
Archaeologists believe that Mesopotaimia existed this many years ago.
What is 5,000 years ago?
100
Mesopotamia developed between these two rivers.
What are the Tigris & Euphrates rivers?
100
The area between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers was called the....
What is Fertile Crescent?
100
The area between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers had extremly _____________ soil.
What is fertile?
200
Mesopotamia or the Cradle of Civilization is located in this present day country.
What is Iraq?
200
The poeple of southern Mesopotamia were known as the...
What is Sumerians?
200
The Sumerians developed tools and weapons made from these metals.
What is copper & bronze?
200
Sumerians used bricks made of _________ & __________.
What are mud & reeds?
200
Sumerians built stepped pyramids called...
What is ziggurates?
300
The Sumerians developed a twelve month...
What is calendar?
300
He was the ruler of the city of Babylon.
What is Hammurabi?
300
The Sumerians developed this form of written communication.
What is Cuneiform?
300
Cuneiform was a written language that uses this.
What is symbols.
300
Cuneiform is a written language using symbols carved in a ________ ________.
What is clay tablets?
400
Hammurabi, who became the ruler of all of Mesopotamia, created the first written system of...
What is laws?
400
Hammurabi's written system of laws was called...
What is "The Code of Hammurabi"?
400
The Code of Hammurabi was an extremely _______ system of laws.
What is harsh?
400
This is one way to describe The Code of Hammurabi. (a saying)
What is an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth?
400
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth will make everyone...
What is blind and toothless?
500
By making a written code of laws, Hammurabi's aim was to ensure order, protect the__________, and fight evil.
What is protect the weak?
500
The area of Mesopotamia was known as the fertile crescent but it was also known as this...
What is "The Cradle of Civilization"?