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1
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What does Mesopotamia mean?

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The land between two rivers.

2
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What are the names of the two rivers?

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The Tigris and Euphrates.

3
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Why were the rivers so important?

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Farming and training

4
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What language did the people of Sumer speak?

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Sumerian

5
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What language did the people speak during the Akkad rule?

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Akkadian

6
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What was the Sumerian writing system called and what does the term mean?

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Cuneiform, means wedged shape.

7
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What did the Sumerians write on?

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Clay tablets.

8
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What was the Sumerian place of worship?

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Ziggurat

9
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Name 5 things the Sumerians invented?

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Writing 
Wheel
Lunar calendar 
Irrigation 
Time based on 60
10
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List in order civilizations and ruling empires of Ancient Mesopotamia

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Ubaid
Sumerians
Akkadians
Old Babylonians
Hittites
Assyrians
New Babylonians
Persians
11
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Who created the first written laws?

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Hammurabi, the king of Babylon.

12
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Who build the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?

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Nebuchadnezzar II

13
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Drought

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A long period of dry weather.

14
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Famine

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A wide spread lack of food resulting in hunger and starvation.

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Fertile Crescent

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A crescent shaped region with fertile soil, in the Middle East.

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City state

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A self governing city.

17
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Ziggurat

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A large temple built by the Sumerians to honor their gods and goddesses.

18
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Irrigation

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The process of making sure crops have the water they need to grow.

19
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Scribe

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A person trained to be able to write, worked to record important information.

20
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Empire

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Different groups of people living in one large area of land under one ruler.

21
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Monotheism

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Believing in only one god.

22
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Polytheism

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Believing in more than one god.

23
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Bronze

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A strong metal made from copper and tin that was used for making tools.

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Gilgamesh

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A Sumerian king of the city state of Uruk. He later became known in mythology as a demigod with superhuman strength.

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Social class

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Groups of people with different levels of importance.