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What social scientist would most likely ask the following question? "How did ancient civilizations build roads?"
Who is a geographer?
100
the business of farming; growing crops and raising animals
What is agriculture?
100
Due to the lack of rain and dry soil, Ancient Sumerians could no longer plant enough crops to feed their growing population, they solved this problem by...
What is moving closer to the river?
100
This empire was led by King Sargon who conquered the Sumerian City-States and became the world's first empire
What is the Akkadian Empire?
100
This empire was the first to use the battering ram and moving platforms.
What is The Assyrian Empire?
200
What social scientist would most likely ask the following question? "What kinds of artifacts did you find when excavating the ancient city of Babylon?"
Who is an archaeologist?
200
to train a wild animal to be useful to humans
What is domesticate?
200
Ancient Sumerians solved the problem of the unpredictable flooding of the Tigris and Euphrates by...
What is building levees?
200
This was the second of the Mesopotamian Empires, led by King Hammurabi
What is the Babylonian Empire
200
This empire was famous for building the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
What is the Neo-Babylonian Empire?
300
What social scientist would most likely ask the following question? "How did you learn to interpret and record the Sumerian cuneiform."
Who is a historian?
300
The development of agriculture allowed people to share and receive resources from other lands, this is known as...
What is trade?
300
Ancient Sumerians solved the problem of watering their crops by...
What is building an irrigation system
300
This empire was known for their ruthless military strategies, they perfected the use of the horse, copper weapons and siege warfare.
What is the Assyrain Empire?
300
The Babylonian empire's economy thrived due to...
What is trade?
400
an expert who studies and creates maps of Earth’s natural and human-made features
Who is a geographer?
400
The Development of agriculture allowed people to specialize in specific...
What is jobs
400
an early city that was like a small, independent country with its own laws and government
What is a City-State
400
The Neo-Babylonian empire was the fourth of the great empires of Mesopotamia, led by...
Who is King Nebuchadnezzar II?
400
Some major achievements of this empire led to our were 60 minute hour and 7 day week, name this empire
What is the Neo-Babylonian Empire?
500
an expert who studies and records the past
Who is a historian?
500
During this part of the Stone Age humans discovered agriculture and were able to create a stable food supply.
What is Neolithic Age
500
Land between two rivers
What is Mesopotamia?
500
This empire's leader was the first to write down a code of laws that applied to all citizens of the empire
What is the Babylonian Empire?
500
Hammurabi used his code of laws to...
What is unify his empire and preserve order?