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November 13, 2009
• Reviewing for our upcoming test• Hammurabi’s Code – Cruel or Fair
• Homework: Start studying for your Mesopotamia test on Tuesday
• Hammurabi Code due on Monday
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This picture shows an area of land that is built up to keep back water.
• Levee
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Artisan
• This man is a skilledworker as he is
workingwith his hands.
he is a carpenter.what is he called?
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When a large area of land is ruled by one person this is there?
• EmpireEmpire
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Bartering
• Trading goods and bargaining over how
Much is to spend is called?
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Who built the first civilization?
• SumeriansSumerians
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Put these dates in order
• 42 BCE• 1996 BCE• CE 1996• CE 1• 125 BCE• CE 226
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What is the nickname of Mesopotamia and why?
• Fertile Crescent…because of Fertile Crescent…because of the great land for farmingthe great land for farming
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Civil war
• Mesopotamia fell Mesopotamia fell
apart not only apart not only
because theybecause they
were attacked by were attacked by
invaders, but also….invaders, but also….
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Mesopotamia believed in many gods this type of religion is called?
• Polytheism
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What was the reason for having all the different gods?
• To explain away all the weird events
that were unexplainable
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Gilgamesh
• The first story Ever written
Down….First superhero
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Priests
ControlledAll of the Land, money,and jobs in the City-state
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Mesopotamia means
• The land between the rivers
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Hanging Gardens of BabylonHanging Gardens of Babylon
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The Assyrians brought what to Mesopotamia
• Iron