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What made soil more FERTILE?
Silt
Which country is Nineveh located in today?
Northern Iraq
What does it mean paying tribute?
To praise someone or something.
Who was Nebuchadnezzar?
Nebuchadnezzar II is known as the greatest king of the Chaldean dynasty of Babylonia.
What is the easternmost of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia, the other being the Euphrates.
Tigris River
Why were irritation systems made? Pt 1
To make more fertle land
Was Nineveh located in Babylonia or Old Babylon?
Old Babylon
What is a scribe?
A person who copies out documents, especially one employed to do this before printing was invented.
What is a Ziggurat used for?
They were used as temples to worship gods.
What is a surplus?
An amount of something left over when requirements have been met; an excess of production or supply over demand.
Why were irrigation systems made?pt2
To help with flooding
What is it called when you worship more than one god?
Polytheism
Who mostly needed scribes in the old days?
Kings that could not read or write.
Where could you usually find Ziggurats?
In ancient Mesopotamia.
What is a cuneiform?
denoting or relating to the wedge-shaped characters used in the ancient writing systems of Mesopotamia, Persia, and Ugarit, surviving mainly impressed on clay tablets.
What is a city state?
What place/places were polytheistic?
Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Babylon, ect.
What is an astronomer?
A scientist in the field of astronomy who focuses their studies on a specific question or field outside the scope of Earth.
What river was Babylon closest to?
The Euphrates River.
Where is Medes today?
Iran
Where was the biggest city state located in BC?
Athens
What is a tribute to a person?
Something that you say, write, or give that shows your respect and admiration for someone, especially on a formal occasion.
What do astronomers study?
They study study stars, planets, galaxies and all the objects in the universe beyond Earth.
What is Uruk called now?
Iraq
What Is BCE?
Before common era.