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| Sumerian pyramid-shaped temple located in center of city-state |
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| Sumerian writing made of hundreds of wedge-shaped marks; written on a clay tablet with a wooden stylus made from a reed |
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| early leaders of the Sumerian government |
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| only people who went to school (tablet house) |
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| Sargon created the world's first; group of states under one ruler |
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| many scribes would work here |
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| Babylonian king; created the first written laws |
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| had horse-drawn chariots and battering rams |
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| created the world's first empire when he united the city-states of Sumer with his kingdom of Akkad |
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| "land between the rivers" |
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| twin rivers; Mesopotamia was in between them |
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| country where Mesopotamia is located today |
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| did not adopt Sumerian ways; ended the use of cuneiform; ended civilization of Mesopotamia |
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| city and surrounding farmland; each had its own god and government |
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| location of first civilization on earth; in southern Mesopotamia in between Tigris and Euphrates |
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| city-state led by Hammurabi; he combines it with Akkad and Sumer to create an empire |
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Ur and Babylon
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Paintings and statues
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Cuneiform; hieroglyphics
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Polytheistic; gods and goddesses;Gods are forces of nature
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Priests (top) , slaves (bottom)
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Hammurabi's Law Code; priest-kings
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artisans, scribes, merchants
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irrigation; defensive walls, roads
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wheel, algebra, plow
sailboat, 60 second minute
360* circle, laws |
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| Examples of Sumerian inventions/achievements |
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| number of laws in Hammurabi's Code |
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belief in more than one god;
Sumerians had over 3,000 gods |
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| rule he began lasted for 200 years |
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http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/middle-east_GL_Click.html
Copy and Paste for an interactive map to study |
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| Be able to label countries on map of the middle east |
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http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/middleast-lakes.html
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| Be able to label bodies of water on map of the middle east |
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