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Geography
Sumer
Mesopotamia
Babylonia
Indus River Valley
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What two rivers surrounded the Indus River Valley
What is Indus and Ganges
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What River was most important to the development of Ancient Egypt?

Nile River

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What does Mesopotamia mean?
What is between two rivers.
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What king is known for his set of over 200 laws?
What is Hammurabi.
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What were the two capital cities of the Indus River Valley?
What is Mohenjo Daro and Harappa
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What mountain range bordered the civilization to the Northwest
What is Himalayans
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Most people in Sumer were...
What is farmers.
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What cities were considered to be a part of Mesopotamia?
What is Sumer, Assyria, and Babylon
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What type of source would Hammurabi's code be?
What is primary
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What is the most historically amazing accomplishment from the Indus River Valley?
What is the planning of the city.
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What seasonal weather system came through India every summer?
What is a Monsoon
300
A region that consists of the city and all its countryside is a...
What is city-state
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What is another name for this area of land?
What is the Fertile Crescent.
300

What was the population of the largest two Indus city states B.C.E.?

40,000 each

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What crop were the Indus River Valley thought to have grown?
What is cotton.
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Sumer, Mesopotamia, and Assyria were all located in modern day...
What is Iraq
400
Sumerians practiced this type of religion. Believing in more than one God.
What is polytheism.
400
A person who was trained to write was called a...
What is scribe
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Why was Hammurabi's Code so important both then and now?
What is because it was the first set of laws ever written down for everyone to see.
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The writing system of Egypt.


What are hieroglyphics?



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All three early civilizations; Sumer, Assyria, and Babylon, are collectively known as...
What is Mesopotamia.
500
The Sumerians greatest achievement was the ability to document events. This was called...
What is cuneiform.
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A temple in Mesopotamia (Sumer) was called a ...
What is Ziggurat.
500
How did Assyria keep control of all of Mesopotamia?
What is through local leaders.
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What are the three reasons that the Indus River Valley declined?
What is drought, loss of fertility, and floods