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Mesopotamia
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| first city-state | Sumeria |
| invented WRITTEN language, known as cuneiform | Sumeria |
| inventions include the plow, sailboat, the wheel | Sumeria |
| divided a circle into 360 equal parts | Sumeria |
| created a 12 month CALENDAR based on the lunar cycle | Sumeria |
| used KEYSTONES to build arches | Sumeria |
| Code of Hammurabi | Babylonian code of laws that focused on revenge, better than previous law codes which did not protect the weak or poor |
| known for astronomy | Babylonia |
| Gate of Ishtar and the Hanging Gardens | built by Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar, considered two of the Wonders of the Ancient World |
| first LIBRARY | Assyria |
| built a system of ROADS | Assyria |
| first standing ARMY | Assyria |
| the vastness of the empire became to big to control and they eventually lost it | Assyria |
| an area of land that stretched from the Mediterranean to the Persian Gulf; enabled the first settlers to farm | Fertile Crescent |
| fist to use PEACE TREATY | Hittites |
| set of laws that focused on paying fines rather than revenge | Hittites |
| ruled by famous King Labarnas | Hittites |
| pyramid like temples for worshipping | ziggurat |
| city-state | a self governing unit of cities and the surrounding area |
| known as the "Cradle of Civilization", but the word means the land between the rivers | Mesopotamia |
| site of the first LIBRARY | Ninevah |
| building dams, channels, and ditches to bring water to crops | irrigation |
| belief in more than one god | polytheism |
| record keepers who often went on to become government officials | scribes |
| characteristics of a civilization | stable food supply, specialization of labor, government, geographical boundaries, highly developed culture, social levels, written language |
| Used a 7 day week, mapped the stars, planets, phases of the moon, created a sundial | Chaldean achievements |
| Why was farming so important to human history? | It allowed humans to settle in villages, maintain a surplus of food, gave rise to specializations of labor which gave rise to civilization |
| Rights of Sumerian women | buy and sell property, run businesses |
| What is a class structure? | Levels of the social classes with the presence of a ruling wealthy upper class, a working middle class, and a poor/slave lower class. |
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