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6th grade chapter 4 The Mesopotamians

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The area in S.W. Asia known as the Fertile Crescent is located between what two large bodies of water?   show
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show Tigris and Euphrates  
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Name two things the Tigris and Euphrates rivers provided the people of ancient Mesopotamia.   show
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show Sumer  
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show own king, own army, own government, own gods/goddesses  
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show S.W. Asia  
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show surrounded by mountains and deserts.  
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show ziggurats  
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List the 3 "great empires" of the Fertile Crescent   show
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What was the name of the ancient system of writing developed in ancient Mesopotamia?   show
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show To keep records, or to keep track of things.  
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show taxes, births and deaths, marriages, trades, animals...  
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show Scratch cuneiform symbols into wet clay tablets with a sharp reed.  
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Who was the leader of the Babylonian Empire that is famous for his "code of laws"?   show
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Why were Hammurabi's code of laws so important?   show
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show scribe  
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____________ is a belief in many gods?   show
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show city-state  
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show fertile soil, central location on trade routes, Tigris & Euphrates rivers.  
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show Lighthouse at Alexandria, Statue of Zeus, Pyramids, Hanging Gardens, Mauseleum, Temple at Artimis, Colossus of Rhodes  
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show Punish should be similar to the crime.  
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Hammurabi's "code of laws" contained how many laws?   show
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show  
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show wealth, fighting over river water.  
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The people of Mesopotamia were polytheistic.   show
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show water for irrigation, and drinking, clay for building  
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show wiped out whole villages, killed people and animals, wiped out crops...  
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show travel and trade  
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show Nebuchadnezzar  
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If Cuneiform first developed around 3100 B.C., how many years ago was that?   show
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show empire  
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Capital of the Babylonian Empire?   show
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show Epic of Gilgamesh  
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An extra supply of something?   show
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Small particles of soil left by the rivers each year as they flooded?   show
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show irrigation  
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show Epic  
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show wheel, sailboats, pottery wheel, written language (cuneiform), irrigation canals, bronze, new plow...  
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show Nineveh  
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show Babylon  
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What was the new invention that made the Assyrians almost unbeatable in battle?   show
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Put these events in chronological order: specialization, surplus, new technology, and cities & towns   show
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show upper: kings, govt. officials, warriors, & priests Middle: farmers, fishermen, merchants and artisans Lower: slaves  
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show Egypt, India or China  
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show land and water  
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Tell me 2 reasons why the Assyrians were so feared in battle?   show
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show living in the countryside.  
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urban   show
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show people who performed religious ceremonies  
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monarch   show
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show a wheeled, horse-drawn cart used in battle.  
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show a set of letter s that can be combined to form words  
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