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Euphrates River Location

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The lower river of the pair on the map

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What was the Beer Rationing Tablet

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It was a form of accounting beer in which they inscribed marks using a stylus. It is known as one of the oldest forms of writing.

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What was the White Temple?

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It was a temple built to the god Anu. It sat on top of a ziggurat and contained some of the earliest writing inside.

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What was the Standard of Ur?

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It was a piece of art that displayed the hierarchy of power in ancient Mesopotamia. There were two sides, one of peace and one of war. On the peace side, the lower citizens brought food and gifts to their King, the largest person at the top of the piece. The other side showed the people in battle and how they would protect and fight alongside their king.

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What was the Stele Code of Hammurabi?

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The piece was a script of the law code created by Hammurabi. Above the script was an image of Hammurabi and a god. The god is giving items to Hammurabi, displaying that his word comes from the gods.

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What was the Ishtar Gate of Babylon?

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The Ishtar Gate was dedicated to the Babylonian goddess Ishtar (also known as Inanna), associated with love, war, and fertility.

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What site features monumental buildings prior to the adoption of agriculture?

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Gobekli Tepe

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When was the Beer Rationing Tablet created?

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3100-3000 BCE

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When was the Ziggurat and White Temple created?

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4000 BCE

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When was the Standard of Ur created?

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2600-2400 BCE

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When was the Stele Code of Hammurabi created?

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1755-1750 BCE

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When was the Ishtar Gate of Babylon created?

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569 BCE

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Who created the Beer Rationing Tablet?

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Sumerians

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Who created Ziggurats and the White Temple?

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Sumerians

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Tigris River Location

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The upper river of the pair on the map

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Jericho Location

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City closest to the Mediterranean Sea, far west

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Gobekli Tepe Location

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Northernmost city, in between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

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Babylon Location

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Placed where the rivers also meet, in between the rivers.

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Uruk Location

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Southern Mesopotamia closest to Ur. North part of the Euphrates.

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Ur Location

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Southern Mesopotamia closes to Uruk. South part of the Euphrates

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Susa Location

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Eastern most city

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Where was the Beer Rationing Tablet found?

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Uruk

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Where was the Ziggurats and White Temple found?

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Uruk

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Where was the Standard of Ur?

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Ur

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Where was the Stele Code of Hammurabi?

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Babylon

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Where was the Ishtar Gate located?

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Babylon

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What was a ziggurat?

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A pyramidal, temple tower made of mud-brick and found in Mesopotamia.

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Who created the Standard of Ur?

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Sumerians

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Who created the Stele Code of Hammurabi?

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Babylonians

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Who created the Ishtar Gate?

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Neo-Babylonians

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Who was Gilgamesh?

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King of Uruk who went on many quests.

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Who was Enkidu?

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Man created as companion for Gilgamesh

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Who was Humbaba?

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Giant appointed by Enlil to protect the Cedar Forest, killed by Gilgamesh and Enkidu

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Who was Ishtar in the Epic of Gilgamesh?

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The goddess of love. She proposed to Gilgamesh who rejected her by stating the condition of all her past lovers. She sent the Bull of Heavens to attack the duo, but they killed it.

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Who was Enlil?

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Sumerian god of storms and air. Created the great flood

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Who was Utnapishtim?

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A man tasked by the gods to abandon all worldly possessions and build a boat

A bring along his family, important people and animals and after waiting on a mountain, the gods came, because he preserved life and trusted the gods, he and his wife gained god status and immortality

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When was Gilgamesh king?

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2900-2350 BCE

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When was the Standard Version of the Epic of Gilgamesh written?

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1300-1100 BCE

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When was The Epic of Gilgamesh collected in Assurbanipal’s library?

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700 BCE

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When did the Sumerians rule first?

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3000-2350 BCE

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When did the Akkadians rule?

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2350-2100 BCE

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When did the Sumerians rule a second time?

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2100-2000 BCE

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When was the Old Assyrian Period/ Old Babylonian Period?

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2000-1700 BCE

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When was the Middle Assyrian/Babylonian Period

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1600-1200 BCE

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When was the Bronze Age Collapse and the start of the Iron Age?

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1200-1000 BCE

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When was the Neo-Babylonian Empire?

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611 BCE

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When did the Neo-Assyrian Empire conquer Babylon?

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750-612 BCE

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When was Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic Period?

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331-133 BCE

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When was the Parthian Empire?

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141 BCE - 224 CE

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When was the Persian Empire?

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559-331 BCE

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