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Shafer Mespotamia
Chapter 2
Question | Answer |
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What does Mesopotamia mean | land between the rivers |
What region of the world is Mesopotamia in? | the Middle East |
What group of people calls Israel their homeland? | Jewish People (Hebrews) |
What is a ziggurat? | An ancient temple |
What does a scribe do? | Writes |
because of trade Mesopotamia was known as? | The Crossroads of Civilization |
Leader of Babylon | Hammurabi |
Hammurabi is famous for? | The first written code of laws |
Many early codes(laws) dealt with what? | Property |
belief in one God | monotheism |
What would happen to a person caught stealing in ancient Mesopotamia? | Put to death |
Hammurabi's codes followed the principle(idea) of? | An eye for an eye |
Sumer, Ur, Assyria, Babylon are all examples of? | City-states |
Many early stories of Mesopotamia can be found in what famous book. | The Bible |
How did Sumerians keep their Gods happy? | Animal sacrifices |
The Phoenicians developed what? | The Alphabet |
Mesopotamian writing was called | Cuneiform |
Which of the world's religions started in Mesopotamia? | Islam, Christianity, Judaism |