Mesopatamia
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| Where was Mesopotamia located? | Mesopotamia was located between the Asia Minor and the Persian Gulf.
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| What does Mesopotamia mean in Greek? | It means between the rivers
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| What rivers is Mesopotamia between? | Euphrates and the Tigrus
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| How did Mesopotamia take care of all the floods? | They built canals and had an irrigation system
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| Describe Hammurabi's Code. | Hammurabi's Code was a set of 282 laws that default with almost every part of daily life.
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| What is a monarch? | a monarch is a ruler of a kingdom or empire
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| Name an achievement for the Akkadian empire. | effective military strategies
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| Who developed the code of laws? | Hammurabi
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| Who first took over Mesopotamia? Who was their leader? | Sumer and their leader was Sargon
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| Which empire with the hanging gardens achievement? | Neo- Babylonians
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| what is a ziggurat? | a pyramid-shaped temple tower where people worshiped their gods and had ceremonies.
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| what is silt? | silt is a mixture of small rocks and rich soil brought to the land by rivers
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| What was the first form of writing? | pictographs
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| What is polytheism? | the belief in or worship of many gods.
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| Name an achievement that the Babylonians had. | the code of laws
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| What are the code of laws? | It was a set of laws that covered most situations and a solution to solve that situation.
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| Name a achievement that the Assyrian empire had. | their fierce weapons, cruelty, and the perfection for the use of horses and iron weapons in battle
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| What cultural beliefs did the Assyrian empire have. | their artists were known for their two-dimensional sculptures
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| Who developed the world's first civilization? | Sargon the ruler of Sumer
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| Politically, how was Sumerian society organized? | Top: Kings, Priests, Merchants, Government officials
Middle: Merchants, artisans, farmers, and fishers
Bottom: slaves
all of these equal social hierarchy
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| What invention most affected the food supply in Sumer? | complex irrigation system
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| Who believed to choose the kings? | Many Gods
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