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10 Cards in this Set
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First irrigated/civilized place |
Mesopotamia near the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. Sumerians=earliest culture |
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Environmental Challenges of Mesopotamia with solutions |
Unpredictable Rain (irrigation ditches), defenseless (mud bring city walls), limited resources (began trade) |
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Ziggurat (Sumerian) |
city hall in Ur ruled by temple priests |
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Sumerian govt during times of war |
Commander led ziggurat/culture, stepped down once war was over |
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Sumerian Social Class |
1. Kings, landowners, and priests- 2. Merchants- 3. Everyone else- 4. Slaves, war prisoners, debt slaves |
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Roles of Sumerian Women |
Could work as merchants, farmers, artisans, hold property, and join priesthood |
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Sumerian Inventions |
The Wheel, sail, plow, first to use bronze, math system based off 60, and cuneiform |
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World's first empire formed under |
Sargon of Akkad
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Code of Hammurabi |
single, uniform code of laws from already existing rules |
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Who took over Babylonian Empire? |
Kassites |
