Must-Knows Sumer
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| How long did the Sumerian/Mesopotamian civilizations last? | from about 3000 BC to 1900 BC
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| What is the name of the oldest-known written language? | cuneiform or wedge-shaped writing
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| What is the name of the oldest-known piece of literature | Epic of Gilgamesh
The Epic of Gilgamesh
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| Who wrote the oldest-known laws? | Hammurabi
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| Name three major Sumerian/Mesopotamian cities: | Ur, Babylon, Nineveh
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| Mesopotamia lay between these two rivers: | Tigris and Euphrates
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| Besides a written language, the Sumerians "invented": | wheel, metalworks, chariots, sailboats
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| What story does the Epic of Gilgamesh contain? | story of a worldwide flood
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| Name three other empires in Mesopotamia: | Accadia, Babylonia, Assyria
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| Mesopotamia means: | Land between two rivers
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| Who united many of the city-states in Mesopotamia and founded the Accadian empire? | Sargon I
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