National Geographic Assignment Answers:
a. What is known as the "Cradle of Civilization"?
mespotamia
b. Where did these civilizations develop?
c. Recorded history in Iraq began with what group?
sumerians
d. What did the Mesopotamians build to collect water?
e. Name 2 Mesopotamian cities.
ur,
f. What did crop surpluses do?
g. Who lived at the temple?
the king/ high priest
h. What was a "ziggurat"?
temple
i. What were kings revered as?
j. What is "cuneiform"?
sumerian writing form
k. What did they write on their clay tablets? (They kept records of what?)
symbols and kept records of history
l. What was the "Epic of Gilgamesh"?
epic poem
m. Describe the "hanging gardens" of Babylon.
n. Who was King Hammurabi? What was Hammurabi's Code?
the king/ established the first code of laws.
o. What did Mesopotamia leave a legacy of?
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