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Ishtar
Who is the goddess of love and war
100
Sumer
What was the name of southern Mesopotamia?
100
Sargon
Who united the city-states of Mesopotamia?
100
farm carts and war chariots
What were the first uses of the wheel in Sumer?
100
Fertile Crescent
What the present countries of Iraq, Syria, Lebonan, and Israel were called in ancient times because of their good farm land.
200
Enki
Who was the god of water?
200
Tigris and Euphrates
What were the two rivers in Mesopotamia?
200
a god
What is a Sumerian king not considered?
200
Bronz
What invention caused the creation of better tools, weapons, and other objects?
200
Allowed laws to reach all corners of an empire
What is the way cuneiform aided in governing large areas?
300
monotheism
What is the belief in one god?
300
rugged plateau
What was the geographical land feature of the north?
300
Hammurabi
Who was a Babylonian king who took control of the Sumerian city-states?
300
clay tablets
What did people use to write on in ancient times?
300
Susa
Where was The Hammurabi code of Laws found?
400
Polytheism
What is the belief in many gods?
400
fertile plains
What was the geographical land feature of southern Mesopotamia?
400
Hammurabi's Code of Laws
What were the first written laws that became the precurser for all constitutions of the world?
400
Gilgamesh
Who was a mythical charcter considered "strong as an ox"?
400
City-states
What was a self-governing city that also governed the villages around it?
500
ziggurat
Where did the Sumerians worship their gods?
500
trees
What is the natural resource that Phoenicia produced?
500
It became one of the ancient world's most powerful cities.
What did Hammurabi's rise to power do for Babylon?
500
To protect the weak from the strong
What was the reason for Hammurabi setting down his "Code of Laws?"
500
Hanging Gardens of Babylonia
What is considered one of the ancient wonders of the world?