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29 Cards in this Set
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Mesopotamia was the land between which 2 rivers |
the Tigris River and Euphrates River |
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Polytheism |
to worship many gods, Mesopotamia's religious practice |
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The civilization where the first form of writing was developed |
Mesopotamia |
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Hammurabi's Code |
The first set of written laws |
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Epic of Gilgamesh |
A myth from Mesopotamian Liturature |
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The people in Mesopotamia were ranked in different levels called |
Social Classes |
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Silt |
Fertile soil for growing crops |
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Hammurabi |
King of Babylonia |
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Sargon II |
King of Assyria |
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Cuneiform |
The first form of writing invented in Mesopotamia |
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Slaves |
the lowest social class in Mesopotamia |
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Kings |
the highest social class in Mesopotamia |
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Scribe |
The Professional Writers |
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Chaldeans and the Medes |
Conquered the Assyrians in 612 B.C.E. |
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Fertile Crescent |
the large arc of fertile farmland in Southwest Asia |
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Where a person would go to honor their gods |
Ziggurat |
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Sargon |
King of the first empire, the Akkadian Empire |
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People settled in Mesopotamia because of |
Rivers and fertile land for growing crops |
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Priests |
the 2nd highest social class under the king |
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Government in Mesopotamia |
city-states ruled by a king |
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Mesopotamian's dug irrigation ditchesand built levees to prevent
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Flooding |
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Stylus and clay tablet |
tools for writing |
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The wheel, plow and writing |
Inventions of Mesopotamia |
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Farmers,merchants, artisans and fisherman |
the working class in Mesopotamia |
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This was invented to keep track of time in Mesopotamia |
a calendar |
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This king built the hanging gardens |
King Neb |
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King Neb |
King of the New Babylonian Empire |
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The first laws that were written down were during this empire |
Babylonian |
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This empire was feared because of their strong military |
Assyrians |
