Semester Review of Ancient Civilizations

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___________ was located in the Fertile Crescent.

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Mesopotamia

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An epic poem from Mesopotamia describes the life of a legendary king named __________.

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Gilgamesh

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Mesopotamia was known as the ___________.

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land between two rivers

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Worshipping multiple gods or deities.

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Polytheistic

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wedge-shaped writing on clay tablets - writing system of Sumerians.

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Cuneiform

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a strict and harsh set of laws in ancient Mesopotamia

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Code of Hammurabi

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Since the Egyptians believed that the other self or spirit of a dead person lived in the corpse (dead body) during the afterlife, what process was developed to preserve the corpse?

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mummification

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How did increased food supply allow some people to become merchants or artists instead of farmers?

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People could engage in other activities like handicrafts because not as many farmers were needed.

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An independent city, with its own government and culture, surrounded by farmland

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city-state

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This war was fought between Athens and Sparta.

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Peloponnesian