Mesopotamia

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Which landform covered most of ancient Mesopotamia?

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the Tigris and Euphrates River Valley

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What was the first use of cuneiform, the earliest known writing?

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record important battles

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Which of the following groups of people did not live in Mesopotamia at one time in history?

Assyrians

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Sumerians

,

Egyptians

,

Chaldeans

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Egyptians

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Besides keeping the first known written records, which of the following could best be added to the chart of Mesopotamian inventions? Options: soap, ink, rock art, fire

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soap

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The few people in ancient times who could read and write were called __________.

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scribes

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Which description best fits the Epic of Gilgamesh, one of the world's oldest written stories, which came from Mesopotamia?

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A legend about a king traveling the world and defeating a monster.

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Which country exists today in the area that was ancient Mesopotamia?

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Iraq

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Which warrior people were known as the cruelest group to live in Mesopotamia?

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Assyrians

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Where were the laws of the Babylonian King Hammurabi, known as the Code of Hammurabi, written?

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a huge black stone

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Mesopotamian city-states had all of the following except:
- a class structure which included wealthy, middle class and slaves
- strong walls around each town and their own laws
- a religious ruler called a shaman
- a political ruler called a lugal

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a religious ruler called a shaman