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City-States
Facts and trivia
Fertile Crescent
Random
100
ziggurat
What is Temple built to honor the gods
100
Artisans were part of the City-States
What is an artisan?
100
Gilgamesh
What is Fifth King of Uruk, mythical figure who has legends written about him
100
Dry Season
What is May to October
100
Invented Coins
What is the Lydians
200
polytheism
What is the belief in many gods
200
Sumer's location
What is the south
200
plateau
What is an area of high flat land
200
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
What is the two rivers where people settled which is known as Mesopotamia
200
Torah
What is the Hebrew Bible
300
Monotheism
What is the belief in one god
300
Akkad's location
What is the North
300
Ten Commandments
What is part of the laws which God gave to Moses
300
Irrigation
What is man made waters system designed to bring water to crops
300
synagogue
What is Jewish place of worship
400
dynasty
What is a ruling family
400
Divine Kingship
What is people believed that the gods chose the leaders
400
Code of Hammurabi
What is set of law codes designed to protect the weak from the strong
400
Rainy Season
What is November to April
400
282
What is the amount of laws in Hammurabi's Code
500
cuneiform
What is wedged shaped writing invented by the Sumerians
500
Cuneiform's purpose
What is wedged shaped writing invented by the Sumerians to keep track of business transactions
500
River Valleys (why important)
What is geographic feature that had a strong influence on the development of ancient civilizations
500
Sumerians, Akkadians
What is fertile crescent civilizations
500
Hammurabi's title
What is King of Babylon