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What does "Mesopotamia" mean?
Between the rivers
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what two rivers was Mesopotamia between?
Tigris & Euphrates
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Who invented writing?
Sumerians
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What is an empire?
Area of many territories & people that is controlled by one government
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Who rebuilt the New Babylonia Empire?
King Nebuchadnezzar II
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What encouraged trade in Babylon?
Roads made trade and travel easier
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How did the Phoenicians prevent other people from competing for trade?
They made up stories about monsters in the Atlantic to scare them
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What made Phoenicians rich?
Purple Dye
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What are 4 positives to living by the Tigris & Euphrates
1. Grow crops 2. Supplied fish 3. Clay for building 4. Strong reeds used to make boats
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How did Sumer fall?
Wealth was their downfall. Wealth led to battles over land and use of the river
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How did early Babylon fall?
Conquered by invaders & destroyed
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Why were the Assyrians skilled warriors?
Their location made them vulnerable to invaders, so they were always on the defense
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How did the New Babylonian Empire fall?
Fell to the Persians
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Why do we know so much about Mesopotamian life today?
Because the Assyrians kept a great library at Nineveh which contained thousands of clay tablets about the Sumerians & Babylonians
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What are 3 similarities between Christianity, Judaism, & Islam?
1.) Came from the same area 2.) Monotheistic 3.) Same moral point of view
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What did King Nebuchadnezzar II make for his wife?
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
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What is a city-state?
A city that is also a separate, independent state. Urban centers that exercised economic and political control over their surrounding countryside
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What does omniscient mean?
God knew everything
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What were the three empires in the Fertile Crescent?
Babylon, Assyrians, & Persians
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Why did the Israelites leave Egypt?
They were enslaved by the Pharaoh
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Why is knowing about the Sumerians religious beliefs important to us/
It helps us understand what was important to them
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Why was Hammurabi's Code not applied equally to everyone?
The harshness of the punishment depended on how important the victim & lawbreaker were
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