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Gilgamesh was associated with what city?
Uruk
The word Mesopotamia means
"the land between the rivers"
The first complex society developed in the southern Mesopotamian land of
Sumer
The word semitic refers to
a language type
A Mesopotamian stepped pyramid was known as a
Ziggurat
Which of the following societies possessed the least degree of strong centralized rule?
Sumer
The creator of the first empire in Mesopotamia was
Sargon
While Hammurabi's code was based on the concept of Lex Talionis, it was also shaped by
Social standing
What Mesopotamian society built the largest empire?
Assyrians
Iron metallurgy came to Mesopotamia from the
Hittites
Mesopotamia developed into
a strict patriarchal society
The Mesopotamian style of writing was known as
Cuneiform
The statement,"If she was not careful, but gadabout, thus neglecting her house (and) humiliating her husband, they shall throw that woman into the water," is drawn from
Hammurabi's Code
The patriarch of the Hebrews was
Abraham
The first simplified alphabet, containing only 22 letters, was created by the
Phoenicians