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What does Mesopotamia mean?
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It means the land between two rivers.
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What two rivers connect in Mesopotamia?
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The Tigris and the Euphrates connect in Mesopotamia.
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What did Sumarians make their homes from?
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They made them from reeds, mixed together with mud from the river.
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What was each Sumarian city and the farmland around it called?
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It was called a city-state, and each had its own god and government.
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What word for a Sumarian temple means "mountain of god" or "hill of heaven?"
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The word is ziggurat.
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What is an artisan?
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An artisan is a skilled worker.
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Who could hear the will of the gods?
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The priests could hear the will of the gods.
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What was cuneiform?
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It was the Sumarian type of writing.
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What was cuneiform made up of?
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It was made up of wedges.
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What is a scribe?
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A scribe is a person who went to school for 12 years to become a writer or recorder.
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Who was Gilgamesh?
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He was a famous Sumarian priest-king.
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Were Sumarian males and females allowed to go to scribe school?
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Usually, only males were allowed to go to school.
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What does hereditary mean, and when did kingship become hereditary in Sumar?
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It means passed down from parent to child, and kingship became hereditary in about 3,000 BC.
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Who was Sargon I?
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He was a ruler of an area in Northern Mesopotamia known as Akkad, and created the world's first empire.
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What is culture?
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Culture is a way of life.
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What does reform mean?
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It means to improve, and one example is Hammurabi's code of law.
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What does reign mean?
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It means a period of power.
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What are some inventions that Sumarians invented?
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The Sumarians invented the wheel, the plow, and the sail boat.
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Because they were the first to write down laws and because they had such important inventions, what has Mesopotamia been called?
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It has been called the cradle of civilization.
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What did the people of Mesopotamia base their calendar on?
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They based it on the cycle of the moon.
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