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9 Cards in this Set
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Cuneiform |
A system of writing that used wedge-shaped to represent sounds, ideas, and objects; developed in ancient Sumer. |
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City-state |
A self governing city, often with surrounding lands and villages. |
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Ziggurat |
A large temple located in the centers of ancient Sumerian cities. |
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Polytheism |
The belief in many gods and goddesses. |
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Code of Law |
A written set of laws that apply to everyone under a government. |
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Sargon |
King of the city-state Kish; unites the city-states of Sumer to create and empire. |
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Hammurabi |
King of the Babylonian empire; creator of the Code of Hammurabi, one of the world's oldest codes of law. |
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Sumer |
A group of ancient city-states in southern Mesopotamia; the earliest civilization in Mesopotamia. |
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Babylon |
An ancient Mesopotamian empire that extended throughout the Fertile Crescent in the 1700s B.C. |
