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ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA

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    THE WORLD'S FIRST CIVILIZATION
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  • This means "land between the rivers".
    Mesopotamia
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  • The fertile land around the Tigris & Euphrates Rivers
    Fertile Crescent
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  • A raised area of flat land. Northern Mesopotamia's geography was an example of this.
    Plateau
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  • A large area of low flat land. Southern Mesopotamia's geography was made up of this..
    Plains
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  • A method of bringing water to crops.
    Irrigation
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  • Wedge shaped writing developed by the people of Sumer.
    Cuneiform
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  • A city that is independent with its own government.
    city-state
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  • Who invented the wheel, plow and calendar?
    Sumerians
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  • The Mesopotamian epic poem about friendship, and a hero's quest for immortality.
    Epic of Gilgamesh
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  • A temple in Mesopotamia was called this.
    Ziggurat
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  • What two rivers flowed through Mesopotamia?
    Tigris and Euphrates
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  • What did the rivers do every year that made the land fertile?
    flooded
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  • The Akkadian leader who united the Sumerian city-states creating the world's first empire.
    Sargon
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  • The Babylonian King Hammurabi is best known for his
    code of laws
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  • The belief in many gods and goddesses is called
    polytheism
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  • The belief in one god is called
    monotheism
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