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Sensational Sumer
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History’s
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2. The two rivers that allowed Mesopotamian civilization to develop
Tigris and Euphrates
100

3. Sumerian writing system, the world’s first
Cuneiform
100

4. He created a legal code that covered almost every aspect of daily life.
Hammurabi
100

5. The first and most important step in the chain.
Agriculture
100

6. Things made by humans long ago.
Artifacts
100

7. People who study and write about the human past.
Historians
100

8. A group of lands under one ruler
Empire
100

9. The continent Mesopotamia can be found on.
Asia
200

10. The 4 most important Sumerian inventions.
Writing, plow, sailboat and wheel
200

11. King of the Akkadians who created the world’s first empire
Sargon
200

12. Once there is a surplus, people can develop other skills in this step
Specialization
200

13. To tame plants and animals for human use.
Domesticate
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14. They dig up clues and study artifacts to learn about past cultures.
Archaeologists
200

15. Skilled workers who made metal products, cloth and pottery.
Artisans
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16. The rich soil left behind after the flooding.
Silt
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17. Ur, Uruk and Eridu were examples of these political divisions.
City-States
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18. They taught the Assyrians how to use iron for their weapons.
Hittites
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19. Artisans are a result of this step.
Specialization
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20. The most important development in the Paleolithic Age
Taming of fire
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21. The use of tools and methods to help humans perform tasks
Technology
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22. Building dams, channels, walls, and ditches to bring water to crops.
Irrigation
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23. Two words that best describe Mesopotamia’s climate
Hot and dry
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24. Sumerians developed this type of math to measure fields and put up buildings
Geometry
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25. Chaldean King who built the Hanging Gardens.
Nebuchadnezzar
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26. This step helps spread ideas and leads to cultural interaction
Trade
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27. The development that marks the beginning of the Neolithic Age.
Agricultural (Farming )Revolution
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28. Name the 6 characteristics of a civilization
writing,art,government,religion, cities, and class divisions (social pyramid)
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29. The type of literature that made Gilgamesh famous.
Epic Poem
400

30. The reason why its called “The Stone Age”
Most tools and weapons were made of stone
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31. Record keepers who learned to write, they became government officials
Scribes
200

32. Groups of traveling merchants
Caravans
300

33. The center of the Chaldean Empire.
Babylon
400