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1. 
The name Mesopotamia comes from the Greek language and means ___________________
2. 
Sumerians put clay tokens into a football-shaped container called the ____________.
3. 
___________________ is probably the world's first epic.
4. 
The religion of Sumer was a kind of ________________.
5. 
The _____________________ invented the alphabet in 900 B.C.
6. 
Sargon means ______________________.
7. 
Early Assyria reached its peak under the ruler _________________.
8. 
The period after ____________ is recognized as the age of the great new empires of Assyria and Babylonia.
9. 
The "Hanging Gardens" are regarded as one of the _______________________.
10. 
Babylonia was finally conquered by _______________________ from Persia.
11. 
Mention four disadvantages of the Mesopotamian plain.
12. 
Describe the conditions and events that led to the rise of kingship in Mesopotamia.
13. 
Why was Hammurabi's code an important advance?
14. 
Describe any 3 noteworthy Babylonian achievements.
15. 
A nation and the city states and nations it has conquered, under one rule
A.
kingdom
B.
empire
C.
code
D.
city-state
16. 
Nebuchadnezzar was the greatest king of the new empire of
A.
Babylonia
B.
Assyria
C.
Sumeria
D.
Akkad
17. 
Under _____________________'s rule, the New Assyrian Empire extended from the Persian Gulf to Egypt To Turkey.
A.
Hammurabi
B.
Sargon
C.
Tiglath-Pileser
D.
Nabonidus
18. 
A broad area of high, flat land
A.
plain
B.
mountain
C.
river
D.
plateau
19. 
Mesopotamia was located between the rivers
A.
Nile and Euphrates
B.
Euphrates and Amazon
C.
Nile and Tigris
D.
Euphrates and Tigris
20. 
Wedge-shaped characters used in writing several ancient languages
21. 
Wedge-shaped characters used in writing several ancient languages
A.
hieroglyphics
B.
pictographs
C.
scribes
D.
cuneiform