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10 Point Question Greek term defined as “land between the two rivers” Mesopotamia Back to the Game Board

20 Point Question The two rivers referred to by the Greeks when they called the area Mesopotamia Tigris and Euphrates Back to the Game Board

30 Point Question Irrigation Back to the Game Board an artificial application of water to the soil. It is usually used to assist the growing of crops in dry areas and during periods of drought

40 Point Question Zagros Back to the Game Board The mountains that extend along southern and western Iran and into northern Iraq.

10 Point Question when several peoples, nations, or previously independent states are placed under the control of one ruler. empire Back to the Game Board

20 Point Question Semitic language refers to speaking a language related to both of these two languages Arabic and Hebrew Back to the Game Board

30 Point Question Leader of Akkad who took control of warring city-states ca b.c.e., creating the world’s first empire Sargon Back to the Game Board

40 Point Question a series of rulers descending from a single family line. Dynasty Back to the Game Board

10 Point Question This civilization overtook the Sumerians around 2,000 B.C.E. They built their capital on the Euphrates river and built the hanging gardens, one of the world’s seven ancient wonders Babylonian Back to the Game Board

20 Point Question This was one of the most important works of this "First Dynasty of Babylon", as it was called by the native historians, it was the compilation of a code of laws Code of Hammurabi Back to the Game Board

30 Point Question The 'Code of Hammurabi' contains no laws having to do with religion. The basis of criminal law is that of equal retaliation comparable to the Semitic law commonly known as this “an eye for an eye.” Back to the Game Board

40 Point Question This kingdom adopted Babylonian culture almost in its entirety, plus gave us the cavalry & battering ram Assyria Back to the Game Board

10 Point Question The people of Mesopotamia believed that their world was controlled by gods, goddesses, monsters and these, created by the gods which could either be evil or good Demons Back to the Game Board

20 Point Question was the god of the sky in the Sumerian creation myth and the father and king of the gods in the Babylonian creation myth An or Anu Back to the Game Board

30 Point Question was the sweet-water ocean. The union of Tiamat and this god brought forth the first gods. Apsu Back to the Game Board

40 Point Question The followers of the religions that refer to this text - Jews, Christians and Muslims- believe in the existence of one unique God who is supremely good, knows all and can do all, and who loves humanity The Old Testament Back to the Game Board

10 Point Question A Sumerian counting system based on base 60 sexagismal Back to the Game Board

20 Point Question Sumerian script created by incising clay tablets with a wedge shaped stylus giving it its name Cuneiform Back to the Game Board

30 Point Question Large Sumerian tiered, platform, structure made of mud brick probably first used as a trading site and eventually became the temple of the patron god of the city state, later built in Assyria and Babylonia also Ziggurat Back to the Game Board

40 Point Question One of the earliest works of literature. Contains a “flood story” that predates the Hebrew Old Testament story of Noah by at least 2,000 years Epic of Gilgamesh Back to the Game Board

A form of government which god or a deity is recognized as the supreme civil authority and the god's or deity's laws being interpreted by the authorities Theocracy