BEFORE reading questions

The Plain Between the Tigris and Euphrates River was called MESOPOTAMIA

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

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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CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

The Sumerians invented a form of writing called Cunieform

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

The Sumerians created an epic poem called the Iliad

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

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

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CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

The Assyrians were often cruel to the people the conquered

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

The Assyrians used the writing and religion of Egypt

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CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Hammurabi built the Hanging Garden of Babylon

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

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

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2