Ancient Mesopotamia

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Which 2 Rivers was Mesopotamia located on?

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The Tigris and Euphrates

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What did the ancient Sumerians' inventions of irrigation systems and plows help provide?

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a steady supply of food

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The Sumerian writing system was called

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cuneiform

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Who wrote a legal code that covered most areas of daily life?

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Hammurabi

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Grand temple with a shrine at the top

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ziggurat

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Building dams, channels, canals, and ditches to bring water to crops

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irrigation

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Record keepers who often kept records for government officials

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scribes

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An independent city with political and economic control over the surrounding countryside

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City-State

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What modern day country is Mesopotamia mostly in?

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Iraq

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Who was the king of the Akkadians who conquered all of Mesopotamia?

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Sargon