Fertile Crescent Flashcards
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Major Rivers
A
Tigress and Euphrates
1
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Location
A
Modern day Iraq
2
Q
River Flooding
A
Unpredictable
3
Q
Natural Barriers
A
None
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Q
Soil Deposits
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Silt
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Style of Government
A
Dynasty/Priests
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Leaders of Government
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Sargon and Hammurabi
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Social Class
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Kings/Priests, wealthy merchants, ordinary people, slaves
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Type of Economy base
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Agriculture
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Type of Religion
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Polytheistic
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Religious temples
A
Ziggurats
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What did Sargon do?
A
He created the first Empire by uniting Northern and Southern Mesopotamia.
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What did Hammurabi do?
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He put together a code of laws.
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What is a city-state?
A
Cities, along with their surrounding land that are within the same civilization and share the same culture, but have separate governments.
