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Mesopotamia
Ancient Greece
City Planning
Geography
Bonus!
100
The land between two rivers
What is Mesopotamia
100
Greek Poet and author of the Iliad and Odyssey. Much of what we know about the Mycenaean’s comes from his story
Who is Homer?
100
Plots of land restricted to a particular type of development.
What are zones?
100
Rivers in Southwestern Asia, beginning in Turkey and join together in present day Iraq
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
100
The old and new stone age.
What are the Neolithic and Paleolithic eras?
200
The area between the Tigris and Euphrates that gave rise to Mesopotamia
What is the Cradle of Civilization?
200
A city-state and empire in ancient Greece; located on the eastern side of the Peloponnesus. Warlike.
What is Mycenae?
200
How desirable a particular place is to live in.
What is Desirability?
200
A stretch of land almost completely surrounded by water
What is a Peninsula?
200
King of the city-state of Babylon. He compiled a code of laws.
Who is Hammurabi?
300
A long poem about a Mesopotamian hero.
What is The Epic of Gilgamesh?
300
A seemingly peaceful civilization that lived primarily on the Island of Crete. Little is known about them.
What are the Minoans?
300
The total monetary value of a piece of land, including any improvements made to the land.
What is Land Value?
300
A small strip of land connecting larger land areas
What is an Isthmus?
300
Rule by the few
What is Oligarchy?
400
A writing system based on wedge-shaped symbols
What is Cuneiform?
400
A Greek-city state that connected a city and the farms, towns, and villages around it.
What is a Polis?
400
A fee based on percentages charged for each type of residential, industrial, and commercial building.
What are Taxes?
400
A person who takes control of a government by force or who rules with absolute power
What is a Tyrant?
500
Warrior who founded the Akkadian Empire. The first empire in the Middle East.
Who is Sargon The Great?
500
A fort built on top of a large hill
What is an Acropolis?
500
A law set by the municipal authority that regulates a certain type of activity.
What are Ordinances?
500
A peninsula extending from mainland Europe into the Mediterranean Sea
What is the Balkan Peninsula?
500
The two most powerful and important city-states of Classical Greece
What are Athens and Sparta?