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Mesopotamian Living
Control Freaks of the Past
Pretty Smart Stuff
Because they're "better"
Let's Get Going!
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These surrounded the area known as Mesopotamia.
What are the Euphrates and the Tigris Rivers?
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He was the ruler of the first Empire in the World.
Who was Sargon of Akkad?
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This greatest of Sumerian achievements makes it possible for you to read this answer.
What is the invention of writing?
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Sumerian society was broken up into this.
What is a social order?
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At the time, this was the way to travel on wheels.
What is a chariot?
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The famous rivers near by provided an important resource to the region, causing people to call it this name.
What is the "Fertile Crescent"?
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This military strategy made the first Emperor very successful.
What is a permanent military?
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Sumerians developed a mathematical system based on this number.
What is 60.
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These very unfortunate people were at the very bottom of the social order.
What were slaves?
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With the end of the first empire, these new people thought it was their turn to rule.
Who were the Babylonians?
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Civilization was made possible in Mesopotamia because of this.
What is farming?
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For this reason, religion played an important role in Sumerian society.
Why did religion play a role in nearly every aspect of public and private life?
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We owe the Sumerians this part of our calendar.
What are the 12 months of the year?
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Craftspeople, merchants and traders were all occupations of these people in Sumer.
What were priests?
300
In this order came the next wave of would be conquerors of Babylon.
Who were the Hittites and Kassites, the Assyrians, and the Chaldeans.
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The first cities in Mesopotamia developed around this time.
What happened during 4000 to 3000 BC?
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This code of laws made decisions about all sorts of crazy things, like if poor people should be punished more than rich people for the same crime.
What is Hammurabi's Code?
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This Sumerian achievement has allowed us to know circular measurement.
What are 360 degrees?
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These members of society travelled to faraway places for some really sought after goods.
Who were traders.
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By 800 BC, these new people to the West were able to move quite fast into new territories.
Who were the Phoenicians?
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The people of Mesopotamia lived in these settlements surrounded by protective walls.
What were City-States?
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This ruler of Uruk was liked so much that they even made an epic about his life.
Who is Gilgamesh?
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Probably the most important contribution by the Sumerians is this that lets us move around.
What is the wheel?
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A restriction on education for half the population in Mesopotamia was a consequence of this.
What is the role of women in Sumerian society?
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This life of constant sea travel allowed these sea traders to develop one of the earliest forms of this kind of communication.
What is the alphabet?