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Vocabulary
Geography
Kings
Religion
Etc.
100
Belief in one God
What is monotheism
100
Modern day country of Sumer.
What is Iraq?
100
King who had his capital in Akkad
Who is Sargon?
100
prayers were offered
What is a ziggurat?
100
ancient wonder of the world that still exists
What is the Great Pyramid at Giza?
200
The scattering of people who have common beliefs
What is diaspora?
200
Mesopotamia is between these 2 rivers
What are the Tigris & Euphrates?
200
wrote 1st written laws
Who is Ur Nammu?
200
served the role of pleasing the gods
Who are priests & priestesses?
200
natural tar-like substance that made boats waterproof
What is Bitumen?
300
Belief in many gods
What is polytheism?
300
Trade was important
What is few natural resources?
300
1st full time army
Who is Sargon?
300
a professional writer
Who is a scribe?
300
12 months of 29 or 30 days
What is their calendar?
400
A traditional story; that explains people's beliefs
What is a myth?
400
Another name for Mesopotamia
What is the Fertile Crescent?
400
Babylonians ancestors
Who are the Amorites?
400
stories about gods and goddesses
What is mythology?
400
King built for his homesick wife
What is the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?
500
A form of writing that uses groups of wedges and lines
What is cuneiform?
500
watering of crops from the rivers
Who was irrigation?
500
served 43 years
Who is Hammurabi?
500
a religious leader who hast the authority to carry out religious rites
Who is a prophet?
500
groups that controlled society in Sumer
Who are priests, Government Officials and Royal Family or Kings?