Unit 2: Mesopotamia Big Ideas

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Why were ziggurats important in the Mesopotamian culture?

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They were temples where the people thought gods lived.

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What was the impact of the achievement shown in the picture?

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Food surpluses became possible.

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If a person is too lazy to maintain his dam and it breaks, then what is that person guilty of?

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Failure to take care of their property

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Why is Hammurabi's Code so important?

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It was a step in the development of a justice system.

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Why was the invention of sails and wheels so important?

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People could use them to trade with far-away cultures.

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For what was the Akkadian king, Sargon I, famous?

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He combined the city-states into the first empire.

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Polytheism played what role in ancient Mesopotamian society?

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People thought the gods ruled all and punished bad people.

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The Epic of Gilgamesh is

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the first known written epic.

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The Tigris & Euphrates Rivers, along with irrigation, were important to Mesopotamia because

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they allowed for greater production of food, which led to specialization.

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Why was the Fertile Crescent so fertile?

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The Tigris & Euphrates Rivers brought silt to grow crops.