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1. What Ancient Civilization was nicknamed “the land between two rivers”? What
are the names of the rivers? What present day countries did this ancient
civilization occupy?
2. What was the Fertile Crescent?
3. How did the people of Mesopotamia control the rivers?
4. What did the Sumerians invent that we still use today?
5. What is a theocracy? Give examples from Sumerian society.
6. What type of religion did the Sumerians have? What was the Sumerians duty to
their religion?
7. Where would Sumerians go to worship?
8. What type of writing did the Sumerians use to communicate? Describe it in detail.
9. Define Stalinization. How did this effect the fall of Mesopotamia?
10. What was the Code of Hammurabi? How is it often described?