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100
The Mesopotamian god of water and the underworld
Who is Enki?
100
These two rivers provided the resources necessary for Mesopotamia to exist.
What is the Tigris and Euphrates?
100
This is the first city in Mesopotamia
What is Sumer?
100
Governments in Mesopotamia represent an early form of this.
What is democracy?
100
This group united upper and lower Mesopotamia for a short time and help spread Mesopotamian culture.
Who are the Akkadians?
200
The Mesopotamian God of the sun and the Giver of law.
Who is Shamash?
200
These are some of the characteristics that could describe the environment in Mesopotamia
What is hot, dry, catastrophic flooding, arid soil, windstorms, and no stone or timber resources?
200
This was the first form of writing.
What is cuniform?
200
This Babylonian king created a set of comprehensive laws
Who is Hammurabi?
200
This invention by the Sumerians revolutionized travel
What is the wheel?
300
The Mesopotamian god of heaven
Who is An?
300
These provided high and safe flood plains in Mesopotamia
What is a natural levee?
300
This civilization developed the first instance of currency used in ancient Mesopotamia.
Who are the Babylonians?
300
These characteristics describe the basis for this Mesopotamian society.
What is social, economic, and intellectual?
300
This process of watering crops led to an increase in crop production
What is irrigation?
400
The Mesopotamian goddess of fertility and life
Who is Ishtar?
400
These often surrounded towns and cities in Mesopotamia and were filled with fish and waterfowl to eat
What is a swamp?
400
This civilization was one of the first to create weapons using bronze and iron.
Who are the Assyrians?
400
This society emerged following the death of Hammurabi.
Who are the Assyrians?
400
These large temples were created to honor the gods of a particular city
What are ziggurats?
500
The Mesopotamian god of water and the underworld
Who is Enki?
500
These were used as building materials, writing materials, and food for sheep and goats.
What are reeds?
500
This development allowed for an increase in food production, which in turn led to an increase in population.
What is agriculture?
500
Members of this class often only had to pay fines when they violated one of Hammurabi's laws
What is the upper class?
500
This trade system invented by the Sumerians involved the trade of one good for another.
What is bartering?