Mesopotamia

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Writing

What did the Sumerians need to keep track of?
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The King's Laws

What would happen if a man put out another mans eye?
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Writing

An ear of barley stood for grain.
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What do you call a person that travels from place to place?
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The First Cities

Mesopotamia is part of the__________________
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Trade

What was the easiest way for the Mesopotamians to transport heavy goods?
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Craftworkers

Mesopotamians were not good potters.
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Writing

What did a foot stand for?
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Irrigation and Farming

What country is located where Mesopotamia use to be?
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Craftworkers

Bronze was much better for making _________ and __________
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Irrigation and Farming

Female flowers were used to make fruit.
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Trade

The Mesopotamians took part in long distance trade.
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Dikes are dams or high walls of earth built to hold back the waters of a sea or river.
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The King's Laws

How many laws did King Hammurabi have?
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Channeled means that you are able to produce crops and plants easily and plentifully.
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The First Cities

What city was also forgotten like Mesopotamia?
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Craftworkers

What was pulled out of the statues?
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In the 4 types of writing what does the N stand for?
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The King's Laws

How many columns were King Hammurabi's laws listed on?
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Cuneiform was a easy writing system to learn.
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The First Cities

Mesopotamia was created __________
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Kings

What was a king of a single city called?
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Kings

What does ensi mean?
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Kings

What does lugal mean?
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In the 4 types of writing what does the P stand for?
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Canals are waterways dug across land for boats and ships to travel through, and for carrying water to places that need it.
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How many types of writing are there in English?
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What continent is Mesopotamia in?
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Irrigation and Farming

What were the most important food crops?
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Abroad is tall grass having long, narrow leaves and jointed steams.
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The First Cities

What does Mesopotamia mean?
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Kings

What is a King called that ruled over several cities?
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Irrigation and Farming

Male trees produce pollen.
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A wedge is a wedge shaped, thick at one end and tapering to a thin edge at the other.
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Kings

According to Sumerian beliefs where did Kingship come from?
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In the 4 types of writing what does the E stand for?
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The most important job of a Mesopotamian King was to ____________
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Irrigation and Farming

How many rivers would flood Mesopotamia?
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Craftworkers

What did the Mesopotamians invent to create statues and bowls?
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Trade

Reed boats aren't used in Iraq today.
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In the 4 types of writing what does the D stand for?
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The King's Laws

What would happen if a son struck his father?
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Writing

A picture of a bull's head was used to show cattle.
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Mesopotamia is a Persuasive Text.
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Reservoirs are very great in extent, size, or amount.
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Trade

Mesopotamian boats were rowed using______________________-
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Vast means very great in extent, size, or amount.
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Writing

Mesopotamia's writing was called __________
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What genre of text is Mesopotamia?
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Kings

Sumerian Kings wanted people to remember their achievements so they put their names on the _______ of the temples they built.