Ancient Mesopotamian Civilizations
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| ancient Mesopotamian civilization from 3200-2000 BC | Sumer
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| three city-states of Sumer | Ur, Uruk, Lagash
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| city of which Gilgamesh was king | Uruk
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| warrior king who united Sumer | Sargon
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| King of Uruk | Gilgamesh
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| an oral tradition in Sumer about an oppressive king whom the gods teach a lesson | Epic of Gilgamesh
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| number of clay tablets on which Epic of Gilgamesh is written | 12
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| greatest leader of Old Babylon | Hammurabi
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| Greatest city of Assyria | Nineveh
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| Civilization known for its brutality, including leading people into exile by means of fishhooks | Assyria
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| technology in which the Hittites were advanced | metallurgy
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| won 34 battles and then washed his sword in the Persian Gulf, signifying the end of his fighting | Sargon
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| writing used for the Epic of Gilgamesh | cuneiform
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| greatest leader of Old Babylon | Hammurabi
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| Period of Hammurabi's reign | 1792-1750 BC
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| 8 foot tall black stone found in the Persian mountains in 1901 | Code of Hammurabi
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| current location where Code of Hammurabi is on display | Louvre
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| number of laws in the Code of Hammurabi | 282
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| method of determining guilt or innocence when evidence was lacking, according to Hammurabi's code | trial by ordeal
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| major Mesopotamian mythical literary work | Epic of Gilgamesh
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| leading city of the Hittites, excavated in 1907, yielded 20,000 clay tablets | Hattusas
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| female ruler of Asyria from 810-805 BC | Sammuramat
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| Caldean ruler who rebuilt Bablylon | Nebuchadnezzar
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| dates of Nebuchadnezzar's rule | 604-562 BC
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| magnificent entrance in the great wall of Babylon | Ishtar Gate
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| our name for the planet/goddess to whom the Ishtar Gate is dedicated | Venus
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| word for wedge, from which we derive the name of a type writing done with a wedge-shaped stylus | cuneus
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| military leader of the Assyrians who built Nineveh | Sennacherib
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| dates of Sennacherib's reign | 705-681
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| Assyrian ruler who completed the great library at Nineveh | Assurbanipal
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| the name for the planet/goddess Venus in Babylon and Assyria | Ishtar
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| Important Babylonian astronomer who studied eclipses and used extensive technical vocabulary | Nabu-rimanni
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| Important Babylonian astronomer who worked with lunar and solar calendars and predicted the varying speeds of the moon | Kidinnu
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| Location of most astronomical records from Mesopotamia | library at Nineveh
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