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100
Name means "Land between two Rivers"
What is Mesopotamia?
100
These people were the lowest class
What is slaves?
100
A form of writing using wedge-shaped symbols
What is cuneiform?
100
a system of canals that carry water from the river to the crops
What is irrigation?
100
many different lands and peoples brought under the control of one ruler
What is empire?
200
Name of the rivers that border Mesopotamia
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
200
This group could be found in most of the social classes in Sumerian society.
What is women?
200
The largest structure in a Sumerian city-state; served as a city hall and a temple
What is a ziggurat?
200
used to create bricks for houses because they did not have stone
What is mud?
200
leader of the Babylonian Empire
What is Hammurabi?
300
Known as the world's first emperor
What is Sargon of Akkad?
300
Eventually, THIS figure took over the job of maintaining canals and managing surplus grains.
What is King?
300
a trait of civilization that involves a group of people that have a specific purpose, such as educating children or running the government.
What is institution?
300
used to help Sumerians transport goods in wagons and make storage containers
What is the wheel?
300
stretches from the Mediterranean Sea through Mesopotamia to the Persian Gulf
What is Akkadian Empire (will also accept Fertile Crescent)
400
Sumerian city-states are built near THIS natural, physical feature
What is a river?
400
The group of people below priests in the social pyramid
What is rich merchants?
400
gardens constructed in such a way that they appear to float
What is Hanging Gardens of Babylon?
400
created by Sumerians to help them keep records of crops and trade goods
What is a number system based on 60?
400
Ruler of the Chaldean Empire
Who is Nebuchadnezzar II?
500
Emperor of the Chaldean Empire
What is King Nebuchadnezzar?
500
Most Sumerians fell into this social class
What is Farmers and artisans?
500
first written set of laws
What is the Code of Hammurabi?
500
a luxury item that Sumerians could only obtain through trade
What is gold, ivory, ebony or precious stones? (Any one will suffice.)
500
Nebuchadnezzar's wife was from this country
What is Iran?