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15 Cards in this Set
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Sumerian people
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Short, stocky, and black haired people.
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City-state
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Was made up of the city and the farmland.
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Ziggurat
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It was a temple in the center in each Sumerian city. Had 365 stairs
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Cuneiform writing
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Sumerian writing
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A scribe or writer
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When a student graduated from school, he became a scribe or a writer. Rich kids that went to school for 12 years
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Gilgamesh was one of the most famous one of these.
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Sumerian Government and religious leaders
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Empire
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Group of states under one ruler
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Culture
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The way of life, of the people they had conquered
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Reform
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An improvement
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Reign
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A period of power.
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Who was the king babylon?
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Hammurabi
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Who conquered Akkad and Sumer and became a ruler of a great new empire?
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Hammurabi
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How did Hammurabi come to power?
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Sargon I died and Hammurabi was the king of babylon so he was powerful enough to take over.
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What did Sargon I accomplish?
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He started a new language.
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what was Hammurabi's reign called?
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Golden Age of Babylon.
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