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29 Cards in this Set
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The cities and city-states that developed along the rivers of southern Mesopotamia between about 3500 and 2340 BCE are known collectively as ___________.
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- Sumer
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A Ziggurat dedicated to the moon god Nanna is located in present-day ___________.
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Iraq
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Construction of Persepolis, a new capital in the Persian homeland, was commenced by ___________.
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- Darius
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The guardian figures at the Citadel of Sargon II are known as ___________.
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- lamassus
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A ___________ is engraved into the Stele of Hammurabi.
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- Code of laws
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Votive Statue of Gudea is made of ___________.
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- Diorite
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Sumerians wrote Cuneiform symbols into clay tablets using a tool called a ___________.
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- Stylus
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The Hittites established their capital at Hattusha in present-day.
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- Turkey
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The ___________ pioneered the use of hollow-cast copper.
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- Akkadians
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The Amorite leader ___________ reunited Mesopotamia as Babylon.
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- Hammurabi
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Although infamous for having suppressed the Jews, the Neo-Babylonian ruler ___________ was also a great patron of architecture.
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- Nebuchadnezzar II
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The city of ____________ marked the first independent Sumerian city-state.
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- Uruk
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The discovery of the Great Lyre with Bull's Head in a Royal Tomb of Ur was significant because ____________.
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- It was decorated with inlaid scenes that may document a very long oral tradition of story-telling.
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Crenellations, or notched walls, were typically used in ____________ architecture.
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- Military
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Persepolis, once capital of the Persian homeland, is located in the present-day country of ____________.
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- Iran
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The Sumerian Nanna Ziggurat is dedicated to Sin, the ____________ god.
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- Moon
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The Hall of 100 columns was built by ____________.
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- Xerxes
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The Ishtar Gate was associated with an architectural feature of Babylon known as the _____________.
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- Processional way
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The Hittites may have been the first people to work in ____________.
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- Iron
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Under King Assurbanipal, ____________ was the capital Assyria.
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- Nineveh
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The Epic of Gilgamesh, the world's first literary epic, has its origins in ____________.
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- Sumer
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____________ means "wedge shaped."
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- Cuneiform
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Evidence that supports the presence of Assurnasirpal's capital at Kalhu ( in Iraq) Includes _____________.
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- Evidence of a five-mile mudbrick wall.
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Assurbanipal and His Queen in the Garden and Darius and Xerxed Receiving Tribute are examples of ____________.
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- Relief sculptures
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In the style of the ____________, the imperial complex at Persepolis was set on a raised platform.
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- Assyrians
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The people of ____________ spoke a Semitic language, which is related to Arabic and Hebrew.
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- Akkad
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____________ has crenellated towers.
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- Ishtar Gate
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____________ is a fine, white stone.
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- Alabaster
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"Mesopotamia" means ____________.
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- Land between the rivers.
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