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Mesopotamia Important
PeopleLand and Location
Sumerians Name the Empire
Places and Cultures
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The emperor of Babylon
The Akkadian emperor
Created laws to prevent government from taking advantage of the poor
Emperor of New Babylonia
Created the first written laws
The names of the two rivers
The moon phase name of the land
Northern Mesopotamia ison this type of high land
Southern Mesopotamia is on thistype of low land
This type of fertile soil formed by floodwaters and tiny rocks is where Sumer built its civilization
Their most important innovation
This innovation led to the chariot
The concept of measurement wascreated for this main reason
A priest’s class
What happened to the Sumerians?
Hammurabi’s Code
The first standing army
The first postal system
Hooray! A library!
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Kish, Ur, Uruk, and Eridu are examples
Ubaid culture is known for this
The Sumerians believed in manygods also known as this…
The worshipping place within the city-state
Important artifacts found whenThe Royal Cemetery of Ur wasfound by archaeologist Leonard Woolley
