Mesopotamia

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What is King Hammurabi remembered for?

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A code of laws called HAMMURABI'S CODE

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What phrase describes the harsh nature of some of Hammurabi's punishments?

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An eye for an eye

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How many laws are in Hammurabi's Code?

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282

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Punishments under Hammurabi's Code varied depending on what?

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Social class

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The Hittites were able to conquer Babylon because they had iron and what other advantage?

Image: Hittite horse-drawn chariot (Wikimedia Commons)

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Horse-drawn chariots

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The Phoenicians developed an alphabet where symbols represented what, instead of entire words?

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Sounds

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Phoenicia was located in modern-day Syria, Lebanon, and what other country?

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Israel

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When the Hittite civilization collapsed, the secret of how to extract iron from ore spread, and what age began?

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The Iron Age

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What was one of the exports of the Phoenicians?

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Purple dye

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What weapons did the Assyrians use, along with cavalry, archers, and charioteers, to destroy enemy armies?

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Iron weapons and battering rams