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What were the Mesopotamian "Pyramids" called ?
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Ziggurats
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What does Mesopotamia literally mean ?
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"The land between the rivers"
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What is the Fertile Crescent ?
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Fertile Land, that part of Mesopotamia was in
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What were the three "Social Divisions" ?
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Nobles, Commoners, and Slaves
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What is "The Code of Hammurabi" ?
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A code written by king Hammurabi
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What was one of Mesopotamia's major stories we talked about in class ?
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The Epic of Gilgamesh
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What was the Sumerian form of writing called ?
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Cuneiform
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Did Sumerians Mummify their people ?
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Yes
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What number was the Sumerian number system based on ?
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60
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What were the people who wrote Cuneiform called ? What were the places called they learned Cuneiform ?
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1. Scribes
2. Tablet Houses |
