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(Willis) Mesopotamia
Question | Answer |
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Before civilizations could develop, people needed to have their basic needs for these met | food & water |
The process of building dams, channels, walls, and ditches to bring water to crops | Irrigation |
Which event marked the beginning of history? | the beginning of written language |
Skilled workers who made metal products, cloth, or pottery are called | Artisans |
Which set of Mesopotamian laws governed daily life for everyone | Code of Hammurabi |
Irrigation, written language, and a written code of laws are achievements of ancient Mesopotamian | civilization |
The importance of Hammurabi's legal code that covered most areas of daily life is that it was the first | written code of laws |
Sargon, the king of the Akkadians, conquered many Mesopotamian city-states, resulting in the first known | Empire |
Scribes were highly respected in Mesopotamian society because they were needed to keep | trade records |
Historians have identified the basic characteristics of civilization as | Cities, governments, religion, social structure, writing, and art |
The six characteristics of civilizations are cities, governments, ____, social structure, writing, and art | religion |
Who wrote a legal code that covered most areas of daily life? | Hammurabi |
The Sumerian writing system was called | cuneiform |
The first kings were probably | war heroes. |
The plow, sailboat, and wheel are all Sumerian | inventions |
Kings & Priests were members of the what class? | Upper |
Who was the king of the Akkadians who conquered all of Mesopotamia? | Sargon |
____ helped ideas spread around the world | Trade |