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Geography
Civilization
Achievements
1, 2, 3
Colleen's Special
100
Area that Mesopotamia was a part of
What is "the Fertile Crescent"
100
Development that allowed civilization to begin
What is agriculture
100
Creators of the earliest written language and the wheel
Who are the Sumerians
100
Fall of Mesopotamian civilizations (earliest to latest), Babylon, Akkadian, Sumerian
What is - 1) Sumeria 2) Akkadian 3) Babylon
100
Modern day country within Mesopotamia
What is Iraq
200
The term "land between two rivers" is also known as
What is Mesopotamia
200
4 Mesopotamian civilizations
What are Sumeria, Akkadian, Assyria, Babylonia,
200
Inventors of siege warfare and the chariot
Who are the Assyrians
200
Rise of Mesopotamian civilizations (earliest to latest) leaders: military government, Sargon, Hammurabi
What is - 1) Sargon 2) Hammurabi 3) military government
200
An independently run region with its own king, surrounded by farmland.
What is a city-state
300
Two rivers of Mesopotamia
What are the Tigris & Euphrates Rivers
300
Name 4 of the 8 Characteristics of a Civilization
What are writing, government, religion, social structure, public works, the arts, stable food supply and technology
300
Authors of the earliest written laws
Who are the Babylonians
300
Mesopotamian Achievements (earliest to latest), seige warfare, post office, writing
What is - 1) writing 2) post office 3) seige warfare
300
Hammurabi's code of laws says
What is "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth"
400
This compound used to wash up during floods which made soil very fertile
WHat is silt
400
These leaders were considered to be chosen by the gods
What is a King
400
Empire that created the first major sculptures
Who are the Akkadians
400
Mesopotamian social classes (from highest to lowest), King, Woman, Priest
What is - 1) Priest 2) King 3) Woman
400
Specialized writing profession in ancient Mesopotamia
What is a scribe
500
Reason why agriculture is possible in this region, although can also destroy crops
What is flooding
500
Groups of people organized according to the amount of power they have access to
What are social classes
500
Created roads and a postal service
Who are the Babyloanians
500
Name 3 Sumerian inventions
What is writing, wheel, plow, modern day time, sailboats, carts
500
This is the beliefe in many gods
What is polytheism