Mesopotamia

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Mesopotamia

• Grade 6
• Social Studies
• Chapter 6

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Which ruler developed and made public an
organized system of laws?

• Sargon
• Shamshi-Adad
• Hammurabi

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Hammurabi
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Which ruler created the worlds first empire by
conquering the Sumerian city-states?

• Shamshi-Adad
• Sargon
• Hammurabi

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Sargon
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Which ruler built the Assyrian Empire into a
trade and military power?

• Shamshi-Adad
• Hammurabi
• Sargon

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Shamshi-Adad
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Which ruler creacted the Babylonian Empire and
came to rule all of Mesopotamia?

• Hammurabi
• Shamshi-Adad
• Sargon

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Hammurabi
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Who first became king by murdering the king of
Kish, taking his throne, and building his own
army.

• Shamshi-Adad
• Hammurabi
• Sargon

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Sargon
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Who ruled the Babylonian Empire?

• King Tiglath-Plesaer III
• King Nebuchadnezzar
• King Nabonidius

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King Nebuchadnezzar
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Who ruled the Assyrian Empire?

• King Nebuchadnezzar
• King Comerford
• King Tiglath-Pleser III

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King Teglath-Pileser III
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__________ punished the Jews of Judah severely
when they refused to pay taxes.

• Samshi-Adad
• King Nebuchadnezzer

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King Nebuchadnezzer
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King Nebuchadnezzer and the Babylonians who are
known for

• Rebuilding of the ziggurat
• Sent the Jews who rebelled into slavery
• Babylonians were known for their acheivements in
  astronomy and mathmatics

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Facts on the Assyrians

• King Tiglath-Pileser III ruled the Assyrians
• Assyrians dealt with rebellion by relocating the
  people involved

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Who ruled the ancient Sumerian city-state?

• Its own leader or leaders
• Mesopotamian central government

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Its own leader or leaders
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What was the main job of the ancient Sumerian
administrators?

• Keep records of all trade
• Organize the system of irrigation canals

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Organize the system of irrigation canals
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What is polytheism?

• Belief in one god
• Belief in many gods
• No belief in god at all

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Many gods
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What is Cuneiform?

• Writing using pictures
• Writing using wedge-shaped symbols

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Wedge shaped symbols