Ancient Mesopotamia

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Which two rivers are found in Mesopotamia? Options: Nile and the Euphrates, Nile and the Yangtze, Tigris and the Yangtze, Tigris and the Euphrates

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Tigris and the Euphrates

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Annual flooding actually helped farmers by...

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leaving silt behind that helped crops grow

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Early Mesopotamians believed in

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many gods

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What is a ziggurat?

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a temple

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Of the following, which group of people belonged to the upper class of Sumerian Society? merchants, artisans, priests, farmers

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priests

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What is a cuneiform?

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the Sumerian system of writing

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Who was Hammurabi?

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a Babylonian King

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Hammurabi is best known for

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his code of laws

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The Assyrians were overthrown by which people?

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Chaldeans

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Nebuchadnezzar built the Hanging Gardens

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to please his wife