Ancient Mesopotamia

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"The Land Between The Rivers"

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Mesopotamia

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a large temple with a shrine at the top, built to please the gods

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Ziggarut

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the king of Babylon who was the first to write a code of laws

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Hammurabi

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belief in many gods

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polytheism

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a system of writing based on wedge-shaped symbols

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cuneiform

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a required payment from one ruler to a
    more powerful ruler

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tribute

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bringing water to crops by waterways and ditches

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irrigation

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Which of the following were members of the highest class of people in Mesopotamia? farmers, kings and priests, merchants or traders, scribes

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kings and priests

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Which present-day country makes up most of Mesopotamia?

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Iraq

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How did city-states protect themselves in Mesopotamia? Options: large armies, they built high walls, they were surrounded by water, all of the above

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all of the above