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Ancients Quiz 1
Sumerians, Akkadians, and Babylonians
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History
10th Grade
01/21/2016

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Who were the 1st empire in the world?
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Akkadians
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This Sumerian story talks about friendship and immortality and is considered the 1st great work of literature?
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Epic of Gilgamesh
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What 2 Rivers are on both sides of Mesopotamia?
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Tigris; Euphrates
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When a government gets power from divine or godly authority it is called a _____________.
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Theocracy
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Cuneiform or "wedge shaped" writing was developed for what initial reason?
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Record keeping
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_______________ was responsible for the growth of Babylon and a harsh set of rules that ordered his society.
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Hammurabi
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__________ was a Sumerian temple where only priest were allowed to climb its huge staircases.
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Ziggurat
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When a person or society worships many gods it is called?
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Polytheism
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_____________ was the first civilization in Mesopotamia and home to the famed walled-city of Uruk.
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Sumerians
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