IRAQ VIDEO

a. What is known as the "Cradle of Civilization"?
-Iraq
b. Where did these civilizations develop?
- between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
c. Recorded history in Iraq began with what group?
- summerian
d. What did the Mesopotamians build to collect water?

- mound,canal,and channel
e. Name 2 Mesopotamian cities.
- Ur and Uruk
f. What did crop surpluses do?
- allow them to expand
g. Who lived at the temple?
- houseed function of daily life
h. What was a "ziggurat"?
- a Sumerian temple
i. What were kings revered as?
- as "gods"
j. What is "cuneiform"?
- Sumerian art of writing
k. What did they write on their clay tablets? (They kept records of what?)
- different things happening in history sheep and rain
l. What was the "Epic of Gilgamesh"?
- oldest piece of history outside of the Bible
m. Describe the "hanging gardens" of Babylon.
- the terraceeed roof gardens, they were counted among the seven wonders of the ancient world
n. Who was King Hammurabi? What was Hammurabi's Code?
-he established a kingdom of babylon, it was one of the most important earmarks of a civilization
o. What did Mesopotamia leave a legacy of?
- raw literature
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