Mesopotamia

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This picture shows an area known as the..

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Fertile Crescent

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Skilled workers who made metal, cloth, or pottery products were called

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Artisans

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Who wrote a legal code that covered most areas of daily life?

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Hammarabui

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The Sumerian writing system was called

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Cuneiform

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Which of the following were members of the upper class? kings and priests, artisans, merchants and traders, scribes

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kings and priests

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When the Akkadians under Sargon conquered the city-states of Sumer, they created the first

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empire

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Which of the following is  NOT true of Hammurabi's code? It covered many aspects of Babylonian life, not just crimes., It was used by many later civilizations as a model, It treated all people the same under the law., It was carved in stone.

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It treated all people the same under the law.

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A Sumerian temple to honor their chief god was called a

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ziggurat.

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The few Sumerians who learned how to write often held high positions in society as what? Options: artisans, scribes, heads of households, merchants

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scribes

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What was the main religion of the Sumerians?

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Polytheism