Ancient Mesopotamia

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Ancient Mesopotamia was located between what two rivers?

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Tigris and Euphrates

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Ancient Mesopotamia is often referred to as the ...

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Fertile Crescent

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There were, at one time, 282 laws that had to be followed. They were known as ...

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Code of Hammurabi

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The Assyrians had an advantage over other civilizations because of: Chariots, horses, and iron weapons, slingshots, arrows, and spears, horses, cows, and bunnies, New Nike shoes

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Chariots, horses, and iron weapons

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What did Mesopotamians write on?

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Clay tablets

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Many of the early Mesopotamians were

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polytheistic

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What did empires of Mesopotamia build to honor their gods?

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ziggurats

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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? Options: kings and priests, artisans, merchants and traders, scribes

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kings and priests

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The few Sumerians who learned how to write often held high positions in society as what?

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scribes