BEFORE reading questions

The Plain Between the Tigris and Euphrates River was called MESOPOTAMIA

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In Sumer, city states were self- governing

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Sumer had only two social classes the upper class and the middle class

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The Sumerians invented a form of writing called Cunieform

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The Sumerians created an epic poem called the Iliad

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Sargon formed code of laws that later influenced the law of the Greeks and Romans

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The Assyrians were often cruel to the people the conquered

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The Assyrians used the writing and religion of Egypt

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Hammurabi built the Hanging Garden of Babylon

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Babylon became a major trade route, and caravans often passed through the city

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