Hamariba

Question 1

Greek for the land between the rivers “.it is located between the Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers in the middle EAST

Answer 1

Mesopotamia

Question 2

Crescent shaped area 1 of the 1st civilizations began, it covers the present day countries Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Israel.

Answer 2

Fertile Crescent

Question 3

rich soil. Good for farming.

Answer 3

Silt

Question 4

An amount that is left over after a need has been met.

Answer 4

Surplus

Question 5

A system that brings water to land through ditches, pipes, or streams.

Answer 5

Irrigation

Question 6

A region in southern Mesopotamia that was divided into city-states.

Answer 6

Sumer

Question 7

A city that governs itself. It is small like a city, & has a government like a state.

Answer 7

City-state

Question 8

A belief in many gods.

Answer 8

Polytheism

Question 9

A square pyramid- shaped structure with a temple at the top. A Sumerian temple to honor their chief God.

Answer 9

A ziggurat

Question 10

A way of writing developed by the Sumerians, it was written by cutting wedge-shaped marks into damp clay with a sharp reed.

Answer 10

Cunaform

Question 11

Official record keeper, wrote documents that recorded much of the everyday life in Mesopotamia.

Answer 11

Scribes

Question 12

Mostly boys from wealthy families learned how to read and write. True or false?

Answer 12

True

Question 13

A long poem that tells the story of a hero.

Answer 13

Epic

Question 14

World’s oldest known story. Hero of an epic who travels the world performing great deeds.

Answer 14

Epic of Gilgamesh

Question 15

A 2 wheeled vehicle pulled by a horse or a donkey.

Answer 15

Chariot

Question 16

A group of people who were the 1st to settle in Mesopotamia. 1st people to invent the wheel, chariot, sailboat, and made bronze

Answer 16

Sumerians

Question 17

A group of many different lands under one ruler.

Answer 17

Empires

Question 18

He created the 1st empire in Mesopotamia that lasted more than 200 years. King of Sumer.
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Answer 18

Surgeon

Question 19

He created the Babylonian empire.

Answer 19

Hammariba

Question 20

Babylonian king is best known for —————that later influenced the laws of the Greeks and Romans.
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Answer 20

Writing a code of laws

Question 21

Earliest written code of law?

Answer 21

Hammariba code

Question 22

Hammariba code is based on?

Answer 22

Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth

Question 23

A forced payment made to a ruler as a sign of surrender.

Answer 23

A tribute

Question 24

Around 900 bc, people built a strong army of 50,000 soldiers, 1st army to use weapons.

Answer 24

Assyrians

Question 25

What kind of weapons were used by the Assyrians?

Answer 25

Iron

Question 26

What group of people mastered iron production?

Answer 26

Hittites

Question 27

Who learned how to use iron as weapons from the Hittites?

Answer 27

The Assyrians

Question 28

A political district?

Answer 28

Provence

Question 29

Capital of the Assyrian empire, site of one of the world's first libraries?

Answer 29

Nineveh

Question 30

Around 650 bc, this group of people rebelled and defeated Assyrians?

Answer 30

Chaldean

Question 31

Who formed the new Babylonian empire?

Answer 31

The Chaldeans

Question 32

Chaldean king who rebuilt Babylon?

Answer 32

Nebuchadnezzar

Question 33

Nebuchadnezzar built which 7 wonders of the world?

Answer 33

Hanging gardens of Babylon

Question 34

A group of traveling merchants?

Answer 34

Caravan

Question 35

What people captured Babylon in 539 bc?

Answer 35

Pechens

Question 36

Complex societies that have organized government ,social classes culture and writing

Answer 36

Civilization