A region that stretches from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf.
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How do empires change the lives of people who live in them?
Their lands may be more peaceful and goods more plentiful, and ideas and customs are shared with others.
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What is a ziggurat?
A large temple that was considered the god's home in Sumerian city-states.
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What is the phrase used to describe the guiding principle for the laws in Hammurabi's Code?
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
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Terms & Names: What is an "emperor"?
A person who rules an empire.
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Quiz Question: What is the area of rich soil and water that stretches from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf?
The Fertile Crescent
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Terms & Names: What is the "code of law"?
A set of written rules.
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Quiz Question: What was a written set of rules that people were required to obey?
The Code of Law
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Name two inventions of the Sumerians.
wheel, cart, chariot, sailboat, plow, potter's wheel, bronze, place-value system of numbers, system based on 60, 12 month calendar, multiplication & division
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Quiz Question: The world's first ________________ was established by King Sargon of Akkad about 2350 B.C.
Empire
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Essay Question: What did Hammurabi watch over?
He watched over agriculture, irrigation, and trade.
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Why is Mesopotamia also called the "cradle of civilization"?
It included the first civilization and was the beginning of organized human society.
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What was the role of women in the Sumerian society?
Most Sumerian women cared for their children and ran their household.
