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Mesopotamia Chapter5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| In ancient Sumer each city-state had a ziggurat where people went to ___ | worship a special god or goddess |
| __________________made it especially difficult to farm in southern Mesopotamia? | droughts and irregular floods |
| The Code of Hammurabi was a _______ | set of laws |
| Nineveh was important because it became the ___________. | capital of the city of Babylonia |
| Mesopotamia’s most important crops were _______ | wheat & barley |
| _______________________ was not grown by ancient Mesopotamians farmers | figs |
| The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers overflowed during the ____________ season. | harvesting |
| The system of writing in ancient Mesopotamia was called_________ | cuneiform |
| Trade occurred between the Sumerians and the ________________ | Phoenicians |
| ______________________ is a present day country that is not in the Fertile Crescent | Egypt |
| Scribes did not write _______________________ | contracts |
| This king of Babylon who write the first code of laws is ___________________________ | Hammurabi |
| ___________________________ was a Sumerian hero | Gilgamesh |
| __________________ was the king of Kish who used cuneiform to expand his empire and unite the other city-states | Sargon |