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In Mesopotamia, floods deposited silt which made the soil?
Fertile
Which of the following groups belonged to the Sumerian middle class?
merchants
Sumerians developed a 12 month calendar by recording the ___________.
positions of planets and stars
Who developed the first empire in Mesopotamia?
Sargon
What did the Assyrians often demand from the people they conquered?
leave their homes
The Astronomers of Babylon mapped_________.
Stars and planets
A system that supplies dry land with water through ditches, pipes, or streams is called.
irrigation
Fine particles of fertile soil.
Silt
A belief in more than one god is called.
polytheism
A pyramid shaped structure with a temple at the top is called.
Ziggurat
A system of writing developed be the Sumerians that used wedge-shaped marks made in soft clay is called.
cuneiform
A person who copies or writes out documents; often a record keeper is called?
scribe
A long poem that records the deeds of a legendary or real hero is called?
epic
An Amount that is left over is called?
surplus
A city that governs itself and it's surrounding territory is called?
City-state
The Euphrates and the Tigris river run ___________ to each other.
Parallel
Mesopotamia means
The land between the rivers
The Sumerians were the first people to use___________.
The wheel
The most important contribution of the Sumerians was the invention of____________
Writing system
A large territory or group of many territories governed by one ruler is called.
empire
A payment made to a ruler or state as a sign of surrender is called.
tribute
A territory governed as a political district of a country or empire is called.
province
A group of merchants traveling together for safety, usually with a large number of camels is called.
Caravan
A person who Studies planets and stars is called.
astronomer
Who Rebuilt Babylon and made it the largest and richest city in the World?
King Nebuchadnezzar