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Study Guide for Mesopotamia
1. The region where the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers flow is called:
2. When rivers flooded they deposited a rich soil called _________________________.
3. What did Sargon of Akkad do that was significant?
4. Sumerian people built their homes out of ___________________ & __________________.
5. Mesopotamians were able to engage in ________________________ because they had surpluses.
6. Historians believe that around 3300 B.C. the early Mesopotamians developed the world’s first:
7. The ________________ of _________________________ is an example of early literature.
8. Early Mesopotamians built advanced civilizations in city-_________________________.
9. The belief in more than one god or goddess is called:
10. Who was the highest ranking leader in the Mesopotamian city-states?
11. How were early farming communities different from hunter-gatherer bands?
12. The wedge shaped writing system developed in Sumer is called:
13. Be familiar with the Fertile Crescent map in the book.
14. What is the most significant thing that King Hammurabi accomplished?
15. How does writing laws down effect a society?
16. Be familiar with the inventions of Mesopotamia.
17. Hammurabi’s law code establishes laws and _______________________ for breaking them.
18. How were irrigation and other inventions important for the development of ancient Mesopotamian towns?
19. What invention made Hammurabi’s code possible?