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5690659231UrukGilgamesh was associated with what city0
5690659232Gilgamesh's friendEnkidu was1
5690659233an explanation for the divinity of Mesopotamian kingsWhich of the following subjects is not addressed in the Epic of Gilgamsh2
5690659234a serpent carried away the plant for immortalityIn the Epic of Gilgamesh humans were not allowed to live forever because3
5690659235fourth millennium B.C.E.The earliest urban societies developed in the4
5690659236"The land between the rivers"The word Mesopotamia means5
5690659237SumerThe first complex society developed in the southern Mesopotamian land of6
5690659238a language typeThe word Semitic refers to7
5690659239MesopotamianEridu, Ur, Uruk, Lagash, Nippur, and Kish were all associated with8
5690659240zigguratA Mesopotamian stepped pyramid was known as a9
5690659241SumerWhich of the following societies possessed the least degree of strong, centralized rule10
5690659242SargonThe creator of the first empire in Mesopotamia was11
5690659243HammurabiMesopotamian cultural and political brilliance reached its peak during the reign of12
5690659244HammurabiWhat individual believed that the gods had chosen him to "provide the welfare of the people... [and] to cause justice to prevail in the land"13
5690659245the law of retaliation that appears in Hammurabi's CodeThe words lex talionis relate to14
5690659246social standingWhile Hammurabi's code was based on the concept of lex talionis, it was also shaped by15
5690659247HittitesThe Babylonians eventually fell in 1595 B.C.E. to the16
5690659248AssyriansThe later Mesopotamian people who around 1000 B.C.E. built a large empire based on a powerful army with iron weapons and who made extensive use of terror were the17
5690659249AssyriansWhat Mesopotamian society built the largest empire18
5690659250NebuchadnezzarA Babylonian resurgence of power was led in the sixth century B.C.E. by19
5690659251BabylonThe famous hanging gardens of the ancient world were located in20
5690659252bronzeMesopotamian metalworkers discovered that if they alloyed copper and tin they could produce21
5690659253HittitesIron metallurgy came to Mesopotamia from the22
5690659254SumeriansThe first people in the world to use wheeled vehicles were the23
5690659255traded extensively with peoples from far away Anatolia, Egypt, and IndiaEvidence proves that Mesopotamians24
5690659256were much more pronounced than they had been during the neolithic ageSocial distinctions in Mesopotamia25
5690659257slavesIn Mesopotamia, prisoners of war, convicted criminals, and heavily indebted individuals were the three main sources for26
5690659258a strict patriarchal societyMesopotamia developed into27
5690659259a concern for property and family fortunesSome scholars believe that patriarchal social orders arose because of28
5690659260grew increasingly worse over timeConditions for women in Mesopotamia29
5690659261cuneiformThe Mesopotamian style of writing was known as30
5690659262Hammurabi's CodeThe statement, "If she was not careful, but was gadabout, thus neglecting her house (and) humiliating her husband, they shall throw that woman into the water," is drawn from31
5690659263were mainly interested in vocational educationThe Mesopotamians32
5690659264AbrahamThe patriarch of the Hebrews was33
5690659265HebrewsEthical monotheism was in the tradition of the34
5690659266borrowed the concept of lex talionis from Hammurabi's CodeHebrew law35
5690659267MosesHebrew monotheism has its origins with36
5690659268PhoeniciansThe first simplified alphabet, containing only twenty-two letters, was created by the37
5690659269EgyptianWhich of the following languages is not of Indo-Europeans origin38
5690659270southern RussiaThe original homeland of the Indo-Europeans was39
5690659271HittitesThe most influential ancient Indo-European migrants into southwest Asia were the40
5690659272HittitesHorse-drawn chariots were first invented by the41
5690659273YahwehHebrew God42
5690659274HittitesInvented the horse-drawn chariot43
5690659275Sargon of AkkadFirst conqueror to unite all of Mesopotamia44
5690659276Lex talionisLegal principle of the law of retaliation45
5690659277Cuneiform"Wedge-shaped"46
5690659278Indo-EuropiansHelped create a shared linguistic base47
5690659279PhoeniciansFirst alphabet48
5690659280AssyriansConstructed the largest empire of the Mesopotamian societies49
5690659281NebuchadnezzarLeader who led a Babylonian resurgence in the sixth century B.C.E.50
5690659282MosesTrue founder of Hebrew Monotheism51
5690659283GilgameshHero of the oldest known epic52
5690659284HammurabiPowerful Babylonian king who formulated a sophisticated law code53

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