"The Literature of Ancient Mesopotamia" - RI.1 Checkpoint

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The ancient Sumerians...

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lived in walled city-states

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The Sumerians settled in Mesopotamia sometime between...

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5,000 and 4,000 BC

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The natural resource of Mesopotamia that was most important to the Sumerians was...
Options: stone, river mud, lumber, papyrus

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river mud

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Cuneiform is...

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a system of writing achieved by pressing a stylus, or stick, into soft clay

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The ziggurats are a good example of the Sumerians' advanced understanding of...

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architecture

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What did the Babylonians do when they conquered the Sumerians?

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Adapted the Sumerian's script to their own Semitic language.

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Which of the following statements is true of ancient Mesopotamia?

• The ancient culture of the Sumerians was destroyed by the Egyptians.
• Many different groups of people successfully invaded the area.
• The Akkadian empire was the last great empire of Mesopotamia.
• No one reads the literature of the Mesopotamians today.

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Many different groups of people successfully invaded the area.

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The Babylonian Code of Hammurabi can best be described as a...

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set of strict laws

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The city of Nineveh, with its great library, was built by a war-like group from Asia Minor called the...

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Assyrians

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The Hanging Gardens of Babylon...

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were recognized by the Greeks as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World