Chapter Three Study Guide
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| Wedge-shaped Sumerian writing system | cuneiform
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| Leading city-state of Sumer | Ur
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| Cheif city of Hammurabi's empire | Babylon
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| Legendary hero of Sumerian culture. | Gilgamesh
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| Person who is skilled in a craft | Artisan
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| A Sumerian city and its surrounding land | city-state
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| Organized system of laws | code
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| Person who is skilled in writing | scribe
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| One of the rivers bounding Mesopotamia | Euphrates
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| Sumerian temple with many levels | ziggurat
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| The land called Mesopotamia in ancient times is today part of | Iraq
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| The Sumerians settled in Mesopotamia in about | 3,500 B.C.
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| The Sumerians took an important step in changing their physical environment by | controlling the floods on the rivers.
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| At the center of each Sumerian city-state was | a temple which was the home of the city's cheif god.
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| In Sumerian society, the middle class included | artisans and shopkeepers.
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| What eventually happened to the city-states of Sumer? | Sargon I, a king from northern Mesopotamia , conquered them.
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| As a ruler, Hammurabi is best remembered for | creating a written code of laws.
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| When Sargon I united the conquered city-states, he created the world's first | empire
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| The oldest written record known come from the culture of | Sumer
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| The wheel, plow, and sailboats are examples of | inventions of ancient Mesopotamia.
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