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Chapter 2
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The two major rivers of Mesopotamia were | The Tigris and the Euphrates |
| The "Land between the Rivers" literally translated is | Mesopotamia |
| The arc of land that stretches from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian gulf is | The Fertile Crescent |
| The first Mesopotamian civilization was | Sumer |
| A religion with many gods is | polytheistic |
| A sumerian temple is a | ziggurat |
| The basic unit of Sumerian civilization was the | city-state |
| A government by divine authority is a | Theocracy |
| Wedge shaped Sumerian writing is | cuneiform |
| The first written law code was done by | Hammurabi |
| The leader of the Akkadians was | Sargon |
| A patriarchal society is a society in which | men dominate |
| The ruler of Babylon was | Hammurabi |
| The Sumerians used what for transport? | the wheel |
| Sumerian writing was done on | clay tablets |