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15 Cards in this Set
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What is the geography of Mesopotamia
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Flat
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Mesopotamia was a major invasion route between what two countries?
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Asia and Africa
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What is the geography of the Tigris and Euphrates River.
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Wide and shallow
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What are the four civilizations of mesopotamia
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Sumerians Akkadian Babylonian Assyrian
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What was used for construction of mesopotamia
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Sun dried brick
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What was the religion of Mesopotamia.
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Polytheistic
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Who were the two most important gods.
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Anu and Enlil
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What was Anu's purpose
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Sky god the enforcer
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What was Enlil's purpose
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the storm god
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Everything has a spirit, whether it is animate or inanimate.
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Mythopoetic/animism
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After death existence is limited in-------- a very dark place where people gradually fade away.
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sheol
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Mesopotamia was initially what type of democracy
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primitive democracy
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How many kings does mesopotamia have and what types
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2, one military and one religous
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How does military king gain political power
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uses military needs
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Hammurabi was a
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skillful diplomat
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