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ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA

ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA. Question 1 - 10. NAME THE 2 RIVERS THAT NOURISHED ANCIENT MESOPOTOMIAN CIVILIZATION. ARROW DOWN FOR ANSWERS. WHAT ARE THE TWO RIVERS THAT NOURISHED ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIAN CIVILIZATION. TIGRIS AND THE EUPHRATES. WHAT MODERN COUNTRY IS IN THE SAME AREA AS ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA.

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ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA

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  1. ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA

  2. Question 1 - 10 • NAME THE 2 RIVERS THAT NOURISHED ANCIENT MESOPOTOMIAN CIVILIZATION. ARROW DOWN FOR ANSWERS

  3. WHAT ARE THE TWO RIVERS THAT NOURISHED ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIAN CIVILIZATION • TIGRIS AND THE EUPHRATES.

  4. WHAT MODERN COUNTRY IS IN THE SAME AREA AS ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA ARROW DOWN FOR ANSWERS

  5. Answer 1 – 20 WHAT MODERN COUNTRY IS IN THE SAME AREA AS ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIAIRAQ

  6. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE LARGE BODY OF WATER TO THE SOUTH OF MESOPOTAMIA? ARROW DOWN FOR ANSWERS

  7. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE WATERWAY TO THE SOUTH OF MESOPOTAMIA ?PERSIAN GULF

  8. WHAT IS THE NAME WHICH REFERS TO THE REGION KNOWN TODAY AS THE MIDDLE EAST? ARROW DOWN FOR ANSWERS

  9. WHAT IS THE NICKNAME FOR MESOPOTAMIA THAT REFERS TO WHAT IS THE NICKMANE FOR MESOPOTAMIA THAT REFERS TO THE GOOD FARM LAND NEAR THE RIVERS AND ITS SHAPE? FERTILE CRESCENT

  10. EXPLAIN HOW SUMER’S GEOGRAPHY INFLUENCED ITS ABILITY TO DEFEND ITSELF. ARROW DOWN FOR ANSWERS

  11. EXPLAIN HOW SUMER’S GEOGRAPHY INFLUENCED ITS ABILITY TO DEFEND ITSELF.SUMER HAD NO NATURAL BOUNDARIES, LARGE SEAS OR MOUNTAINS TO PROTECT IT SO IT WAS OFTEN UNDER ATTACK.

  12. A PROFESSIONSAL WRITER FOR THE GOVERNMENTS, TEMPLES AND BUSINESS ARROW DOWN FOR ANSWERS

  13. A PROFESSIONAL WRITER FOR GOVERNMENT, THE TEMPLES AND BUSINESS. SCRIBE

  14. A POLITICAL UNIT CONSISTING OF A CITY AND THE SURROUNDING COUNTRYSIDE ARROW DOWN FOR ANSWERS

  15. Answer 2 – 20 A POLTICAL UNIT CONSISTING OF A CITY AND SURROUNDING COUNTRY SIDECITY-STATE

  16. WHAT WAS THE CENTER OF A SUMERIAN CITY-STATE ARROW DOWN FOR ANSWERS

  17. WHAT WAS THE CENTER OF A SUMERIAN CITY-STATE? • ZIGGURAT

  18. A SYSTEM FOR WATERING CROPS ARROW DOWN FOR ANSWERS

  19. A SYSTEM FOR WATERING CROPS • IRRIGATION

  20. A SOCIETY WHICH HAS A SOPHISTICATED GOVERNMENT, ECONOMY AND RELIGIOUS STRUCTURE AND A KNOWLEDGE OF MATHMATICS, SCIENCE, ARTS AND WRITING ARROW DOWN FOR ANSWERS

  21. A SOCIETY THAT HAS A SOPHISTICATED GOVERNMENT, ECONOMY AND RELIGIOUS STRUCTURE AND A KNOWLEDGE OF SCIENCE, MATHMATICS, ARTS AND WRITING. • CIVILIZATION

  22. THIS SUMERIAN ACHIEVEMENT CAUSES US TO CLASSIFY IT AS PART OF HISTORY, NOT PREHISTORY ARROW DOWN FOR ANSWERS

  23. THIS SUMERIAN ACHIEVEMENT CAUSES US TO CLASSIFY IT AS PART OF HISTORY, NOT PREHISTORY • WRITING, CUNEIFORM

  24. NAME A SUMERIAN ACHIEVEMENT TO GOVERNMENT ARROW DOWN FOR ANSWERS

  25. NAME AN ACHIEVEMENT RELATED TO GOVERNMENT • THE CODE OF HAMMURABI; CODE OF LAWS

  26. NAME TWO ACHIEVEMENTS RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION

  27. NAME TWO ACHIEVEMENTS RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION • WHEEL, SAIL, CHARIOT

  28. NAME TWO SUMERIAN ACHIEVMENTS RELATED TO WATER CONTROL ARROW DOWN FOR ANSWERS

  29. NAME A SUMERIAN ACHIEVEMENT RELATED TO IRRIGATION • LEVEES, CANALS, AQUEDUCTS

  30. NAME A SUMERIAN ACHIEVEMENT RELATED TO MATHEMATICS ARROW DOWN FOR ANSWERS

  31. NAME A SUMERIAN ACHIEVEMENT RELATED TO MATHEMATICS • GEOMETRY, TIME, CALENDAR BRAIN SURGERY

  32. EXPLAIN ONE WAY SUMERIANS USED CUNEIFORM. ARROW DOWN FOR ANSWERS

  33. EXPLAIN ONE WAY SUMERIANS USED CUNEIFORM. • TO KEEP RECORDS OF TRADES AND OTHER BUSINESS DEALS • TO WRITE LAWS • TO WRITE STORIES • KEEP TRACK OF IMPORTANT EVENTS

  34. WHAT WAS A ZIGGURAT USED FOR? ARROW DOWN FOR ANSWERS

  35. WHAT WAS A ZIGGURAT USED FOR? ZIGGURATS WERE USED MOSTLY AS A TEMPLE FOR THEIR GODS. THEY COULD ALSO BE USED AS WAREHOUSES AND OFFICES.

  36. MESOPOTAMIANS WERE POLYTHEISTIC. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? ARROW DOWN FOR ANSWERS

  37. MESOPOTAMIANS WERE POLYTHEISTIC. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? • THEY BELIEVED IN MANY GODS AND GODDESSES. QUEEN AND PRIESTESS

  38. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF A FAMOUS MESOPOTAMIAN STORY? ARROW DOWN FOR ANSWERS

  39. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF A FAMOUS MESOPOTAMIAN STORY? • THE EPIC OF GILGAMESH

  40. EXPLAIN THE MEANING OF THE MESOPOTAMIAN SOCIAL PYRAMID. ARROW DOWN FOR ANSWERS

  41. EXPLAIN THE MEANING OF THE MESOPOTAMIAN SOCIAL PYRAMID. • THE HIGHER ON THE PYRAMID, THE MORE POWER YOU HAD. ALSO, THE HIGHER ON THE PYRAMID, THE FEWER PEOPLE WOULD BE IN THAT SOCIAL CLASS. MOST POWER FEWEST PEOPLE LEAST POWER MOST PEOPLE

  42. WHAT WAS HAMMURABI’S CODE? ARROW DOWN FOR ANSWERS

  43. WHAT WAS HAMMURABI’S CODE? • A SET OF 282 LAWS COVERING ALL ASPECTS OF MESOPOTAMIAN LIFE • MARRIAGE & DIVORCE • TRADE • CRIME • FARMING

  44. WHAT KIND OF JUSTICE DID HAMMURABI BELIEVE IN?

  45. WHAT KIND OF JUSTICE DID HAMMURABI BELIEVE IN? • “EYE FOR AN EYE” JUSTICE • WHAT YOU DO, WILL BE YOUR PUNISHMENT • SOUNDS EQUAL, BUT HAMMURABI’S CODE WAS NOTAN EXAMPLE OF EQUALITY • POOR AND SLAVES DID NOT RECEIVE THE SAME JUSTICE AS RICH, UPPERCLASSMEN.

  46. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF HAMMURABI’S EMPIRE AND HOW DID HE GAIN CONTROL OF THE REGION? ARROW DOWN FOR ANSWERS

  47. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF HAMMURABI’S EMPIRE AND HOW DID HE GAIN CONTROL OF THE REGION? • THE BABYLONIAN EMPIRE • HE DAMMED THE RIVER (TURNED IT “OFF”) AND THEN OPEN THE DAM’S GATES (TURNED IT BACK “ON”) AND FLOODED THE PEOPLE INTO DEFEAT

  48. DID HAMMURABI’S CODE DEMONSTRATE EQUALITY? EXPLAIN. ARROW DOWN FOR ANSWERS

  49. DID HAMMURABI’S CODE DEMONSTRATE EQUALITY? EXPLAIN. • HAMMURABI’S CODE DID NOT DEMONSTRATE EQUALITY. THE POOR AND SLAVES DID NOT SEE THE SAME CONSEQUENCES OR JUSTICE AS THE RICH OR UPPER CLASS.

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