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River Valley Life
Cultural Developments
This and That
Mesopotamian People
Mixed Bag
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These developed because the cities in Sumer were separated by long stretches of desert land and communication between them was difficult.

What are city-states?

100
an amount that is left over after a need has been met
What is a surplus?
100
A belief in a number of gods; this was common among ancient people.
What is polytheism?
100
In Greek, Mesopotamia means.....
What is "land between two rivers"?
100
-a method of watering crops during dry seasons
What is irrigation?
200

a pyramid-temple at the center of each Sumerian city

What is a ziggurat?

200
many territories and people controlled by one government
What is an empire?
200
An achievement of the Assyrians, this vast collection of clay tablets in Nineveh was one of the world's first of these.
What is a library?
200
a form of writing developed by the people of Sumer
What is cuneiform?
200

This is one of the Seven Ancient Wonders of the World located in Babylon.

What is the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?

300

A Sumerian invention, this became a vital transportation method.

What is the wheel?

300
a political district
What is a province?
300
one who studies the stars and planets
What is an astronomer?
300
He ruled Uruk in southern Mesopotamia and according to mythology was a god and a human.
Who was Gilgamesh?
300
The two rivers whose source is in the mountains north of Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?
400

the principle writing material in Sumer

What is a clay tablet?

400

The Hittites taught the Assyrians this which made their army stronger.

What is how to use stronger metals like iron to make weapons?

400
A society needs this before a division of labor occurs.
What is a surplus of food?
400

The basic principle of justice under Hammurabi's law.

"The strong should not injure the weak" and "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth"

400
This group took power from the Assyrians with the help of the Medes. They became an empire also known as the New Babylonian Empire.
Who are the Chaldeans?
500

Reasons why the Sumerians settled and developed their civilization in Mesopotamia.

rivers provided transportation of people and goods, fertile soil, location (center of trade), weather (warm), fish, reeds for building, clay along the banks of the river, rivers provided water for irrigation

500
Mesopotamia was located in this modern day region.
What is The Middle East?
500
This king of Sumer and Akkad established the first empire.
Who was Sargon?
500
"If a noble has knocked out the tooth of a noble of his own rank, they shall knock out his tooth. But if he has knocked out a commoner's tooth, he shall pay one-third mina of silver." What does this tell you about Hammurabi's code of laws?
What is divisions existed between social classes?
500
This leader of the New Babylonian Empire rebuilt Babylon, making it the largest and richest city in the world. He built a beautiful street near his palace so that his people could visit.
Who was King Nebuchadnezzar?