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What is a city-state?
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A city-state is an independent and sovereign city and its surrounding land and valleys
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What is cuneiform?
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Cuneiform is the Sumerian writing system. It began with pictograms and is possibly the first writing system in the world.
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What is Mesopotamia and what does it mean?
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Mesopotamia means "land between the rivers". It is the land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers (consisting of all the city-states within)
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What is a ziggurat?
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A ziggurat is a Sumerian temple. Only priests and priestesses could enter the shrine located at the top.
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Who are the Sumerians?
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The Sumerians are people who migrated to Mesopotamia and settled in Sumer- the birthplace of the world's first cities
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Who is Hammurabi?
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Hammurabi is a ruler who dominated Mesopotamia and made Babylon a major trade center. He created a law code with 282 laws
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