Mesopotamia Test 2024

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Hammurabi, who created some of the first written laws, was a king of which empire? Options: Akkadian Empire, Babylonian Empire, Assyrian Empire, Persian Empire

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Babylonian Empire

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Mesopotamia is called the land between two __________.

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rivers

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Mesopotamia was located primarily in the modern country of _____________

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Iraq

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Sumer is important in world history because it was

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the world’s first civilization.

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What does the excerpt from Hammurabi’s Code illustrate about the nature of Hammurabi’s Code? "If a man has knocked out the eye of a patrician [aristocrat], his eye shall be knocked out. . . If he has knocked out the eye of a plebeian [commoner] . . . he shall pay one mina of silver. If he has knocked out the eye of a patrician’s servant . . . he shall pay half his value."

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The law did not treat all members of society equally.

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Another term for a city and the surrounding land it controls is

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city-state.

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A ziggurat is a type of

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building.

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A state containing several countries or territories is called

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an empire.

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The main purpose of Hammurabi's Code was to

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make sure everyone in his empire knew the law.

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Why was Sargon important?

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He united Mesopotamia and created the world's first empire.