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21 Cards in this Set
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What is the climate of the Mesopotamian plain?
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Hot, dry summers with unpredictable flooding.
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How did the ancient Sumerians handle climate problems?
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They created an irrigation system.
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Who were the first rules of the ancient Sumerian city-states?
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Priests
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Why did military leaders rise to power as kings in the Sumerian city-states?
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They rose to power because they protected the city-states from enemies.
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Who developed and made public a system of laws?
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Hammurabi
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Who created the world's first 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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Who created the Babylonian Empire and came to rule all of Mesopotamia?
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Hammurabi
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Who became king by murdering the king of Kish and taking his throne?
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Sargon
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Who punished the Jews of Judah when they refused to pay taxes?
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Nebuchadnezzar
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Who was the first to relocate for rebelling?
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Tiglath-Pileser III
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Who ruled an empire remembered for its achievements in astronomy and mathematics?
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Nebuchadnezzar
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EXILE
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enforced absence from one's own country
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CITY-STATE
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self-governing unit consisting of a city and its surrounding villages and farmland
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CUNEIFORM
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wedge-shaped characters used in writing
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EPIC
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a long poem that tells the story of a hero
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PLAIN
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a broad area of flat,open land
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ARTISAN
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a worker who is skilled in making a particular product by hand
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What four things did the Sumerians invent?
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1. plow
2. wheel 3. sailboat 4. cunieform |
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How did the Sumerians' form of writing over time?
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1. A bulla with tokens inside
2. A bulla with tokens inside and inscription on the outside 3. Pictographs 4. Cunieform |
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What did the Assyrians and Babylonians hope to gain by expanding their empires?
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They hoped to gain land and resources. They also hoped to gain people - farmers, soldiers and slaves. Finally, they hoped to gain power and wealth.
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