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Hammurabi
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100
This type of temple was found at the center of a Sumerian city-state
What is a ziggurat?
100
Mesopotamian students learned this type of writing system.
What is cuneiform?
100
This modern region of the world is where ancient Mesopotamia was located.
What is the middle east?
100
This term refers to a group of city-states under one ruler.
What is an empire?
100
This invention helped Mesopotamian farmers know when floods would occur.
What is a calendar?
200
These areas of raised soil helped to keep flood waters away from the land
What are levees?
200
When a student left school, they usually began this job that involved writing.
What is a scribe?
200
The fertile crescent was the area between the Euphrates River and this other river.
What is the Tigris?
200
This vocabulary term refers to an improvement, and usually has to do with laws.
What is a reform?
200
This invention allowed people to write on clay tablets.
What is a stylus?
300
This word means "the land between the rivers"
What is Mesopotamia?
300
This was the term used for a Mesopotamia school.
What is a tablet house?
300
The area formerly known as Persian is today part of this country.
What is Iran?
300
This term means "a way of life."
What is culture?
300
This invention used wind power to help people travel.
What is a sailboat?
400
This feature was made from sun-dried brick and surrounded each city-state.
What is a wall?
400
This punishment usually occurred when a student misbehaved.
What is caning?
400
The two main Mesopotamian rivers empty into this body of water.
What is the Persian Gulf?
400
Hammurabi was the king of this ancient city.
What is Babylon?
400
This invention helped farmers to grow more food with the help of animals.
What is the plow?
500
This term means "skilled worker," a member of the middle school.
What is an artisan?
500
Members of this social group included farmers, unskilled workers, and fishermen.
What is the lower class?
500
This body of water, located near Egypt, separates the African continent from the Asian continent.
What is the Red Sea?
500
According to Hammurabi's code, this geographic feature would help determine who told the truth when an accusation was brought against someone.
What is a river?
500
This invention was originally controlled by drops of water.
What is the clock?