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Fertile Crescent
Mesopotamian
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Sumerian
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Mesopotamia
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Definition: “more than is needed”
surplus

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Definition: “human-made waterways”
canals

4. 1 - $300 What two factors made crops grow well in Mesopotamia?
The farmland was fertile, and it was near a water source.

5. 1 - $400 Mesopotamia was located between which two rivers?
The Tigris and the Euphrates

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Definition: “earthen walls along rivers or shorelines that hold back water”
dikes

7. 2 - $100 Definition: “legendary figure in Sumerian literature”
Gilgamesh

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Sargon was the first to establish one of these, a land with different territories and peoples under a single rule
empires

9. 2 - $300 Why did city-states fight one another?
For control of farmland

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Which Sumerian leader was said to be found floating down a river as a baby?
Sargon

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The city of Akkad, founded along the Euphrates River, was located in what modern day city?
Baghdad

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Definition: “the worship of many gods”
polytheism

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Who performed religious ceremonies in Sumer?
priests

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What was the center of the Sumerian city, dedicated to the gods?
The ziggurat

15. 3 - $400 What two factors determined a Sumerian’s rank or class?
Wealth and occupation

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Name the three groups of people that were ranked below priests in the Sumerian social hierarchy.
Craftspeople, merchants, and traders

17. 4 - $100 Definition: “a form of writing using wedge-shaped symbols”
cuneiform

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Definition: “the science of building”
architecture

19. 4 - $300 Who kept track of things people traded in Sumerian society?
scribes

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Definition: “picture symbols”
pictographs

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What is the name of the famous piece of art that was rolled over clay to leave an imprint?
cylinder seals

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What was the Phoenician’s greatest contribution to our world today?
The alphabet

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What popular resource did the Phoenician’s trade to build up their wealth?
cedar wood

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Nebuchadnezzar was responsible for constructing these in his palace:
The Hanging Gardens

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“An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth”
Hammurabi’s Code

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What did the Assyrian army use to knock down large city walls?
Giant war machines

27. Final Jeopardy
Enheduanna, the daughter of Sargon, wrote hymns to which goddess?
Inanna