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The Mesopotamian people did their best to keep the Gods
What is happy
100
Mesopotamians developed this concept, dividing it into units of 60 parts, which eventually lead to 60-second minutes, and 60-minute hours.
What is time
100
This was originally used by potters, but was later used for transportation.
What is the wheel
100
The most famous city from Ancient Mesopotamia
What is Babylon
100
the World's first great civilization
What is sumerians
200
The belief that there are many Gods
What is polytheism
200
Art where the sculpted material has been raised above the background material.
What is sculpture reliefs
200
Mesopotamians created this invention to make trading across the rivers easier. It allowed them to fish, transport, and travel.
What is the sailboat
200
Mesopotamia is located between two what?
What is rivers
200
Known as the protector of the crown
What is Nebuchadnezzar
300
The large structure that serve as religious temples
What is a Ziggurat
300
Art of creating images using pieces of colored stones, shells, and ivory.
What is mosaics
300
The invention of the first written language created by the Sumerians
What is cuneiform
300
The boomerang-shaped region that is a rich food-growing area
What is the Fertile Crescent
300
Ruler of the Akkadian Empire, and would destroy the walls around the cities so they wouldn't rebel against him
What is Sargon
400
The god of the sky
What is Anu
400
The building blocks of man's first monumental buildings for ziggurats
What is sun-dried mud bricks
400
Mesopotamians learned to control the flow of water from the river and used it for their crops, creating the invention of
What is irrigation
400
The place where urban civilization in Mesopotamia occurred
What is Sumer
400
He was the sixth king of Babylon and founded the first Babylonian Empire.
What is Hammurabi
500
Each city had its own ________ which was connected to specialized occupations
What is deity
500
This led to the development of the first known writing system called cuneiform
What is record keeping
500
This invention in Mesopotamia helped the hunter-gatherer groups to stay in the same place and to depend on agriculture for food
What is the plow
500
The modern countries that make up Ancient Mesopotamia?
What is Iraq, Iran, and Turkey
500
He became known as a demigod with superhuman strength in later legends and tale
What is Gilgamesh