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Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia . Lessons 1-3. 0 of 26. Answer Now. Military leaders rose to power as kings in the Sumerian city-states because they. Protected the city-states from enemies. Built walls to keep out invaders Conquered the city-states. 0 of 26.

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Mesopotamia

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  1. Mesopotamia Lessons 1-3

  2. 0 of 26 Answer Now Military leaders rose to power as kings in the Sumerian city-states because they • Protected the city-states from enemies. • Built walls to keep out invaders • Conquered the city-states

  3. 0 of 26 The ancient Sumerians handled climate problems by • Creating an irrigation system • Harvesting crops at a different time of the year • Giving up farming for other occupations

  4. 0 of 26 The climate of the Mesopotamian plain included • Hot, dry weather year round • Rain and flooding year round • Hot, dry, summers with flooding in spring and fall.

  5. 26 0 At first the ancient Sumerian city-states were ruled by • Priests • Administrators • Nomads

  6. Sargon • Made the worlds first empire by conquering the Sumerian city-states. • Became the 1st king by murdering the king of Kish, taking his throne and building his own army.

  7. Shamshi-Adad • Built the Assyrian empire into a trade and military power.

  8. Hammurabi • Developed and made public an organized system of laws • Created the Babylonian Empire and came to rule all of Mesopotamia

  9. 0 of 26 30 Worker who is skilled in making a particular product by hand. • City-state • Code • Artisan • Cuneiform

  10. 26 0 30 0 Broad area of flat open land • Plain • Plateau • Code • Epic

  11. 0 of 26 30 Long poem that tells a story of a hero • Epic • Code • Cuneiform • Polytheism

  12. 0 of 26 30 Wedged shaped characters used in writing. • Code • Epic • Plain • Cuneiform

  13. 26 0 30 Self governing unit consisting of a city and its surrounding villages and farmland. • Polytheism • City-state • Exile • cuneiform

  14. What were some important advances that the Sumerians made in new technology?

  15. Sumerians created irrigation systems • They developed the plow, the sailboat, and the wheel. • They made bronze tools and weapons.

  16. How did the Sumerians’ forms of writing change over time?

  17. The Sumerians first kept track of trade with tokens stored in clay bullae? • Later, they marked the outside of the bullae with symbols to show how many tokens were inside. • These were pictographs, pictures that stand for words or ideas. • Finally they developed the similar, wedge shaped symbols of cuneiform.

  18. The following words of Hammurabi were carved on a large stone slab: “I have brought justice to all my subjects.” How is it true that Hammurabi brought justice to all his subjects? How is it not true?

  19. Hammurabi developed an organized system of laws. • He made the laws available for everyone to read. • Therefore, they could not be punished for no reason. • The laws varied according to people’s positions in society.

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