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Mesopotamia
Sumer,cuneiform, conquerors
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History
6th Grade
11/27/2017

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scribes
Definition
professional writers
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artisans
Definition
skilled workers like a potter or carpenter
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ziggurat
Definition
temple in the center of a city-state
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cuneiform
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1st system of writing; made of 100s of wedge shapes
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Tigris and Euphrates
Definition
Mesopotamia was located between which 2 rivers?
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3,000
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How many Sumerian gods were believed to exist?
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'land between the rivers'
Definition
Mesopotamia means the ...
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irrigation
sailboat
waterwheel
plow
wheel
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5 Sumerian inventions
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boys (wealthy)
Definition
Who attended school in Sumer?
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stylus
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A scribe would use a ... made from a reed to write
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clay tablet
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A scribe would write on a ...
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boundaries
government
technology
religion
economy
arts
writing
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List the 6 characteristics of civilization
(and be able to provide a Sumerian example for each)
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Tigris River
Euphrates River
Sumer
Mesopotamia
Fertile Crescent
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On a map be able to label:
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Sargon of Akkad
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created the world's first empire
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Assyrians
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skillful with horse-driven chariots and battering rams
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Persians
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did not adopt Sumerian ways
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Persians
Definition
cuneiform slowly disappeared under their rule
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Hammurabi and the Babylonians
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created 1st written laws
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282
Definition
Number of laws in Hammurabi's code?
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innocent until proven guilty
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idea from Hammurabi's Code that we still use today
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an eye for an eye
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phrase that is the basis for Hammurabi's laws
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