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What are some modern countries that were part of the Fertile Crescent (Mesopotamia)?

Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan

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Why did Sumerian city-states go to war with each other?

wanting more land and territory

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What job did most Sumerians have?

farmers

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True or False? The Assyrian army was about 50,000 soldiers

True

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Who was the hero of an epic poem?

Gilgamesh

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What is a Ziggurat?

a pyramid-shaped structure with a temple at the top

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True or Fales: The first Sumerian Kings were probably war heroes

True

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Who wrote the legal code for ancient Mesopotamia?

Hammurabi

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Who were in the middle class of ancient Sumer?

artisans, merchants, farmers, fishers

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How were roles different for men and women?

Men were the head - boys went to school & trained for jobs. Women ran the home and cared for kids. Didn't have many rights, except some rich women

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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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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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