Mesopotamia

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This picture shows an area known as the..

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Fertile Crescent

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Skilled workers who made metal, cloth, or pottery products were called

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Artisans

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Civilization in Mesopotamia developed between which two rivers? Options: the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean, the Tigris and the Persian Gulf, the Persian Gulf and the Euphrates, the Euphrates and the Tigris

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the Euphrates and the Tigris

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

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Hammarabui

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The Sumerian writing system was called

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Cuneiform

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Which of the following were members of the upper social class? kings and priests, artisans, merchants and traders, scribes

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kings and priests

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When the Akkadians under Sargon conquered the city-states of Sumer, they created the first

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empire

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Which of these are Sumerian inventions? Plow, Wheel, Sailboat

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All of them

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A Sumerian temple to honor their chief god was called a

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ziggurat.

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The few Sumerians who learned how to write often held high positions in society as what? Options: artisans, scribes, heads of households, merchants

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scribes