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Mesopotamia
2023-2024
Question | Answer |
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Which statement best describes the modern day geographical location of Mesopotamia? | Iraq and Syria |
The building of levees and canals led to what for Mesopotamian crops? | Irrigation/Controlling floods |
What were ziggurats? (3 answers) | Religious Temples Living Quarters for Kings and Priests Trade Centers/Warehouses |
What was the result of having a stable food supply? | Growth in population |
What was the first writing created by the Sumerians using wedge shaped symbols in clay called? | The written code of laws |
What were the names of the two rivers that surrounded Mesopotamia? | Tigris and the Euphrates |
Stable food supply, religion, social structure, and government, are all characteristics of what? | Civilization |
What did the Assyrians use to conquer Mesopotamia? (4 answers) | Siege Warfare Iron Weapons Movable Towers Battering Rams |
What was the name of the Akkadian king who united the Sumerian city-states to make the first empire? | Sargon |
Fertile Crescent |