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| What were the two most important rivers to the Mesopotamia? | Tigris and the Euphrates |
| In what order of events did the Mesopotamia develop? | 1. People moved where crops could grow. 2. people grew a surplus of crops.3. population grew 4. people specialized in jobs |
| What do you need in order to be considered a civilization | A stable food supply, social structure, government, religion, arts, technology, writing |
| Why did the Mesopotamians build canals? | they needed to control flooding |
| What was the role of Sumerian Priest? | served the role between the Sumerians and the gods. |
| What was the importance of farming and the domestications of plants and animals to early humans? | allowed early humans to settle in one place and get away from a hunter-gather life style. |
| Why is surplus important? | so you have enough food during low growing periods. |
| What is a Ziggurat? | pyramid-shaped temple located in the middle of the city |
| Why were Ziggurats built? | to worship the gods |
| What are the 3 Sumerian social classes? | Aristocracy, Working Class, Slaves |
| What are the Mesopotamian empires? | Babylonians, Assyrians, Chaldeans, Hittites, Kassites |
| Who was Hammurabi? | Babylonian ruler-writer of the earliest known written laws |
| What were the Hammurabi codes? | 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life |
| What are ways that people were punished? | impriosonment, death, fines, branding, disinheritance, exile |
| Which class received the most severe punishment and why? | Nobels because they had wealth and responsibilities. |
| What is a city-state? | walled city and all of the surrounding countryside, had it's own government and leaders |
| How did conflicts over water and land lead to walled city-states? | people fought over water and land so they built walls around their cities for protection against their enemies. |
