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Geography of the Fertile Crescent
The Rise of Sumer
Sumerian Achievements
Later Peoples of the Fertile Crescent
Choice Board: Mesopotamia
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Large arc of rich, or fertile, farmland
What is Fertile Crescent
100
Countryside, city
What is rural and urban
100
A writer
What is a scribe
100
a wheeled horse-drawn cart used in battle.
What is chariot
100
Describe what life is like as a slave in Ancient Mesopotamia.
What is Daily-life Journal
200
more than they needed
What is surplus
200
Land with different territories and peoples under a single rule.
What is empire
200
The science of building
What is architecture
200
A ruler of a kingdom or empire
What is a monarch
200
What is one thing that you learned that was not included in your textbook?
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a way of supplying water to an area land
What is irrigation
300
The worship of many Gods
What is polytheism
300
long poems that tell the stories of heros
What is epics
300
A king who ruled over Mesopotamia for 42 years, his empire was called Babylon. He is most famous for his code of laws.
What is King Hammurabi
300
Describe one online or print resource that you used. What did you learn from it? How did it enhance your understanding of ancient Mesopotamia?
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human-made waterways
What is canals
400
The highest class in certain societies, especially those holding hereditary titles or offices.
What is aristocracy
400
a pyramid shaped temple tower
What is ziggurat
400
is a form of government in which a member of the military holds authoritarian control. In a junta, power is shared by several military leaders.
What is a military dictatorship
400
What (if any) was the relationship between ancient Mesopotamian societies and religion?
What is http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/gods/home_set.html
500
The type of arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular task or job..... Critical Thinking Question: Explain in what ways of a division of labor contribute to the growth of Mesopotamia?
What is division of labor
500
The division of society by rank or class Critical Thinking Question: Is a social hierarchy necessary for a civilization to flourish?
What is social hierarchy
500
The world's first system of writing How did the first writing system develop? Why was the invention so important? Is writing still important today? If so, how does it relate to power? If not, why not?
What is cuneiform
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Was a set of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life. Critical Thinking Question: Why is Hammurbai's code historically significant? What does it tell you about Babylonian society? Is it just?
What is Hammurabi Code.
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Which of the ancient Sumerian technological achievements do you think has been most influential in history? Why?
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