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This term is used for complex societies that include government, religion, cities, class division, language, and other cultures?
What is civilizations?
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The civilization known as “The land between the Rivers.”
What is Mesopotamia?
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The curving strip of land that extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf and was home to the first civilizations.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
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People who were forced to serve others for life or for a set period of time.
Who are enslaved?
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A long poem that tells the story of a hero.
What is an epic?
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A group of many different lands under one ruler.
What is empire?
200
The foundations of the Mesopotamian civilization.
What is the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
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The Akkadian king who conquered all of Mesopotamia.
Who is Sargon?
200
The sedimentary material consisting of very fine particles the size of sand or clay and was leftover from flooding rivers.
What is silt?
200
Skilled workers who made metal products, cloth, or pottery.
What is artisans?
300
The concept of spreading cultural traits between cultures.
What is cultural diffusion?
300
The three social classes of the Sumerians.
What is lower, middle, and upper class?
300
The term for a kingdom’s rule being passed from relative to relative.
What is an Hereditary?
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The first law code created by the Babylonians.
What is Hammurabi's Code?
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These new ways of watering crops allowed crops to be successfully grown to support large populations.
What is irrigations?
400
An area that has its own government and is not part of any larger unit.
What is city-states?
400
The term for worshiping more than one god.
What is polytheistic?
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The name of the Sumerian’s writing system.
What is cuneiform?
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The title of possibly the world’s first piece of literature.
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?
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This city-state existed in the southern region of Mesopotamia and is noted for creating the first written language.
What is Sumer?
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The term used for the different places or levels that people hold within a society.
What is class structure?
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The earliest known civilization.
What is Mesopotamia?
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The Babylonian king who created the first law code
Who is Hammurabi?
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The term for the record keepers of the Sumerians.
What is scribes?
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The name of the city-state's religious temples.
What is ziggurats?
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