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Mesopotamia
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| King of Kish | Sargon |
| Wrote a code of laws | Hammurabi |
| Means "land between two rivers" | Mesopotamia |
| Writing of ancient Mesopotamia | Cuneiform |
| It was believed that a god lived inside these structures | Ziggurat |
| Two rivers that flow through Mesopotamia | Tigris and Euphrates |
| Area of Mesopotamia is also known as the | Fertile Crescent |
| The city-state of Nineveh is important because | it became the capital of Babylonia |
| The Tigris and Euphrates flooded during the | harvest |
| Sumerians traded with these people? | Phoenicians |
| The expression "eye for an eye" comes from this | Hammurabi's Code of Law |
| A hero and legend to the Sumerians | Gilgamesh |
| Scribes in Mesopotamia used Cuneiform to write (4 things) | letters, stories, laws, and songs |
| Crops that were harvested in Mesopotamia? | wheat, barley, beans, onions, lettuce, dates, apples |
| Large building located in the center of the city-state | Ziggurat |
| What did Sargon use in order to govern over great distances? | Cuneiform |
| How Hammurabi was able to control key parts of the Euphrates? | Built dams |
| Hammurabi's dams gave him the power to do what? (there are 2) | cut off the flow of water or cause terrible floods |
| Sumerians were weakened due to Hammurabi- | taking control of the Euhprhates River |
| Once the Sumerians were weakened Hammurabi- | sent his armies to attack |
| 2 things that made farming difficult in southern Mesopotamia? | Irregular floods and droughts |