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ESSAY: What are the 7 characteristics of a civilization and why are they important?
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-stable food supply
-social structure/leveled jobs -organized government -Religious system -Culture of art, music, etc. -Advances in technology -Written language [* You must come up with the importance of each on your own!] |
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Who created the Babylonian Empire and came to rule all of Mesopotamia?
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Hammurabi
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When did humans change from being food gatherers to food producers?
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-Around 3,000 BC, the end of the Stone Age, when people began to make Stone Tools
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Why did the Sumerians build levees?
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To prevent floods
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When did humans change from food gatherers to food producers?
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When they began to domesticate plants and animals.
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Why was silt a problem for the people of Sumer?
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It clogged up the irrigation canals
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How did the dividing up of the work help communities produce more to meet their needs?
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Individuals developed a variety of skills
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What does it mean to have a "stable food supply"?
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to have enough food for the people living in the society
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What main advantage did domesticating animals provide to humans?
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The animals became a reliable source of food
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What invention made it possible for Sumerian armies to use chariots?
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wheels
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What was the only source of food for Hunter-gatherers?
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Plants and animals that could be found naturally in the environment
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What evidence found by archaeologists shows that Sumerians were NOT prehistoric?
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Written records on clay tablets
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Why was the Fertile Crescent the site of many early settlements?
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The soil was good for crops
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What was a problem caused by Sumerian city-states' independence from one another?
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They could not defend themselves against stronger groups
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What does the name "Mesopotamia" come from?
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Its location "between two rivers"
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Sumerians were a civilization but NOT an empire. What feature did the Akkadian, Babylonian, and Assyrian empires have that the Sumerians lacked?
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One government that ruled several groups
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What made Ur different from other small agricultural villages?
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- It had social levels
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Who developed and made public an organized system of laws?
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Hammurabi
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What were steles used for?
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To record important events
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How was the legal system of Babylon more advanced than that of other societies at that time?
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It gave women some rights
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What was a problem that all four Mesopotamian empires had?
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Difficulty in controlling such large areas
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Who created the world's fist empire by conquering the Sumerian city-states?
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Sargon
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Who built the Assyrian Empire into a trade and military power?
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Shamshi-Adad
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What solution did the Zagros foothills find to fix the problem of food shortages?
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They moved to the south (where the plains were located)
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Who conquered the land of the Israelites and took many Israelites to Babylon as captives?
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Nebuchadrezzar
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What is a large territory in which several groups of people are ruled by a single leader or government?
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empire
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What is wedge-shaped characters used in writing called?
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cuneiform
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What is a self governing unit consisting of a city and its surrounding villages and farmlands?
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city-state
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What is a worker who is skilled in making a particular product by hand called?
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an artisan
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What is an object that is made or used by people in the past?
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artifact
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