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Study Guide for Mesopotamia Test Your test will be given on Thursday, September 18. On a separate piece of paper, write the definitions and complete the following information below in your own words: Vocabulary: scribe empire ziggurat polytheism domesticate descendants Ten Commandments city-state nomads battering ram monotheism irrigation system Exodus prophet tribute artisan Judaism prehistoric covenant Torah sacrifice People: Hammurabi Ashurbanipal Solomon Nebuchadnezzar II Sargon Abraham Gilgamesh David Moses Know the major geographic features of Mesopotamia/Canaan Why did people settle near rivers? Drought = famines = wars What is necessary before a civilization can exist? Characteristics (elements) of a civilization (PERSIA) The relationship between job specialization and social classes Importance of writing Sumer = 1st civilization Which civilizations started here: (Sumerians, Babylonians, Assyrians, Hebrews, Akkadians). Which civilization was first? Which civilization ruled by fear of the military? Government responsibilities: (controlling the rivers, collect taxes, build public projects, plan for the future, and defend the people). Hammurabi’s Code: what it was, why it was written. Why do Jews consider themselves “the Chosen People”? Know how Abraham’s life is important to the history of Judaism. List or bullet the points you would put in an essay: Why city-states fought each other, how leaders who conquered a city-state controlled it and protected it from other invasions. Be able to show the features of a city-state. Identify different jobs that were created by citystates.