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First Civilization
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Mesoptamia | The land between rivers or the land |
| Cradle of Civilization | Mesopotamia is also referred to as the the Cradle of Civilization because it was the world first civilization. |
| Tigris and Euphrtes | The two rivers |
| Sumer | First Civilization |
| Levees | Raised areas of land to hold back flooding |
| Irrigate | Be able to water there crops to create a civilization |
| City-State | Sumerians divided themselves into competing city-states consisted of the mud brick wall and there crops |
| Ziggurt | A temple in the center of the surrounding mud brick |
| Cuneiform | The Sumerians way of writing |
| Stylus | The Sumerians used a styles to write |
| Edubba | A Sumerian school |
| Scribe | After graduating a young man will become a writer |
| Preist-King | A preist was a king of a city-state |
| Gilgamesh | Sumerians most famous historical figure |
| Empire | Collection of kingdoms under the power of one powerful ruler |
| Sargonl | First empire was Akkadian |
| Hammurabi of Babylon | Hammurabi was the king of Babylon he conquered the Akkadians and ruled all described as the " Golden Age Of Babylon " because he establishen many new reforms. |