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banana
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magnet
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shark
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baam
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What are some modern countries that were part of the Fertile Crescent (Mesopotamia)? Name at least 2
Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan
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What job did most Sumerians have?
farmers
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What is a Ziggurat?
a pyramid-shaped structure with a temple at the top
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Who was the hero of an epic poem?
Gilgamesh
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What did Sumerians Invent?
the wheel, the sailboat, the wooden plow, seed drill, calendar, the hour, the second
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lifesaver
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gift
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shark
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baam
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Why did Sumerian city-states go to war with each other?
wanting more land and territory
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Who wrote the legal code for ancient Mesopotamia?
Hammurabi
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seesaw
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magnet
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fairy
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baam
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What strategies did the Assyrian army use?
robbed, set crops on fire, destroyed towns, forced payments, used iron weapons, drove people from homes
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True or False? The Assyrian army was about 50,000 soldiers
True
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Who rebelled against the Assyrians?
Chaldeans
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What happened in Summer during Mesopotamia (hint: the weather)?
little rain, so not a lot of water.
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Why was Nineveh important?
it was the site of one of the world's first libraries
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True or Fales: The first Sumerian Kings were probably war heroes
True
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