Ancient Middle East
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| The Mesopotamia is between what two rivers | Tigris & Euphrates Rivers
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| This river has rough waters un-navigable | Tigris River
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| This river is navigable | Euphrates
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| This part of Mesopotamia has good farm land | Southern Mesopotamia
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| This part of Mesopotamia has natural resources such as timber, metals, & stone | Northern Mesopotamia
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| What is Hierarchy | System of ranking groups
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| High Class are | Ruling Family, leading officials, high priests
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| Small Middle Class are | Lesser Priests, scribes, merchants, artisans
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| Lowest Class are | Peasant farmers, slaves
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| Ziggurats are | Temples the Sumerians built to worship their Gods
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| Who was Hammurabi | Important king of Babylon who created the first written law code
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| Civil Laws are | Laws that deal with private rights & matters such as business contracts, divorce, property inheritance, marriage, & taxes
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| Criminal Laws are | Laws are offenses such as robbery, assault, or murder
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| The Code of Hammurabi was designed to | Create a stable society, promote peaceful relations with other cultures, create large armies & emphasize the importance of life after death.
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| Who were the Sumerians | first civilization in Mesopotamia, organized into city-states, developed cuneiform
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| Why did the first civilizations settle near river valleys | Fertile Soil for growing crops, trade & transportation on the rivers
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| Who did Hammurabi conquer | The Akkadians & The Sumerians
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