Word |
Definition |
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City-state
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A city that was independent
of all other authority. In Mesopotamia, it included the city, the surrounding
mud brick wall, and the surrounding farmland
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Cradle of civilization
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Where the world's first
civilization occurred
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Edubba
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School where young
boys learned reading, writing, and arithmetic
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Empire
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A collection of kingdoms
under the power of one powerful ruler
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Gilgamesh
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One of ancient Mesopotamia's
most legendary historical figures, subject of the first epic
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How did the people
of Mesopotamia control the two rivers?
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System of irrigation
canals and levees
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Levees
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Raised areas of earth
to hold back the floodwaters
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List 5 things that
the Sumerians were first to achieve?
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Civilization, writing,
the water clock, the twelve-month calendar based on lunar cycles, the wheel,
the plow, the sailboat
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Mesopotamia is now
divided into two countries. List these countries.
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Iran and Iraq
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Priest-king
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Powerful religious
leaders who were also the rulers of the city-states
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Sargon I
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Created the world's
first empire in the area of ancient Mesopotamia
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Scribe
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Writer
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Stylus
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A wedge-shaped instrument
made out of reed used to write on clay tablets
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What did the majority
of people do for work in Mesopotamia?
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Farming
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What does the word
Mesopotamia mean?
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The land between the
rivers
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What is a ziggurat?
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A temple located in
the center of each Sumerian city-state that housed the city-state's patron
god
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What kind of clothing
did they wear?
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Men: bare-chested,
wore skirt-like garments tied at the waist. Women: gowns, covered them
from shoulders to ankles. Made from wool or flax
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What river is to the
north?
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Euphrates
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What river is to the
south?
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Tigris
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What was the first
epic story called?
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The Epic of Gilgamesh
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What was the name of
the world's first writing system?
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Cuneiform
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Who was Hammurabi?
What is he most famous for?
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The king of Babylon
who wrote the world’s first code of laws
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Who were the people
who established the world's first civilization in Mesopotamia?
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The Sumerians
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Why was there a need
for a writing system?
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To keep track of farming
and agricultural production
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| What are fluvial, thalassic, and oceanic civilizations? | Civilizations centered around control of a river, sea, or ocean respectively |