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19 Cards in this Set
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Region that Sumer was located in
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Mesopotamia
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Features that attracted people to Mesopotamia?
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Rich soil
Life-giving rivers Center of trade |
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Greek meaning of Mesopotamia
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Between the rivers
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Important building in a Sumerian City
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Ziggurat
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Llarger region that Mesopotamia is a part of?
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The Fertile Crescent
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What did Sumerians believe that ziggurats were used for?
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As ladders that helped gods descend (climb down) to the Earth
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Polytheistic Beliefs
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Belief in many gods
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In 759 B.C., what northern rivals conquered Sumer?
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Babylonia
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Two largest & most important Mesopotamian civilizations
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Babylonia
Assyria |
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Hammurabi
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Babylonian king who united all of the cities of Sumer
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Trade & Conquest
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Made the Babylonian Empire rich
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Assyrians became skilled warriors because
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They were contstantly defending themselves
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Important tools of the Assyrian war waging
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Battering Ram
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Overthrew the Assyrian Empire in 612 B.C.
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Medes & Chaldeans
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Nebuchadnezzar
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Greatest King of New Babylonian Empire
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King Hammurabi
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Babylonian King
Made a set of rules for everyone to follow |
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Hammurabi's Code?
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First written & preserved set of laws
Did not apply to everyone Harshness depended upon how important the victim was |
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When did writing developed
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3500 B.C.
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Where did writing develop?
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Mesopotamia, sumer
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