Ancient Mesopotamia

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How would you fare as an Ancient Mesopotamian? (Choose the answer that best represents your feelings.)

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Which of the following statements are true about this?
Options: That's a pyramid., It's supposed to look like a mountain., It's a religious structure., It's a religious structure that's supposed to look like a mountain.

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It's a religious structure that's supposed to look like a mountain.

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Around 3,500 B.C.E., Mesopotamian farmers invented this technique for bringing more water to crops.

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irrigation, canals

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This technique of bringing water to crops gave some farmers a _______.

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surplus

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Hammurabi's Code was the world's first [five letters] _____ system.

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legal

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Which of the following is NOT a law included in Hammurabi's code?

• If a man has been taken prisoner, and there is no food in his house, and his wife enters the house of another; then that woman bears no blame.
• If he has destroyed the eye of a plebian, or broken the bone of a plebian, he shall be injured moderately in eye or bone.
• If a man's wife be surprised with another man, both shall be tied and thrown into the water, but the husband may pardon his wife and the king his slaves.
• If a son strike his father, his hands shall be hewn off.

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If he has destroyed the eye of a plebian, or broken the bone of a plebian, he shall be injured moderately in eye or bone.

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Which of the following describes this image?

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The sun god Shamash is shown as bigger than the king Hammurabi.

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What's that stylistic convention called?

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hierarchy of scale

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Each letter in this writing system looked like a _____.

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wedge

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What does this civilization have in common with Ancient Mesopotamia?

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irrigation, surplus, division of labor, class system, hierarchical