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The Fertile Crescent is located in present day
a) Saudi Arabia
b) Iran/Iraq
c) Turkey
d) Egypt

The two rivers that run through the Fertile Crescent are
a) Tigris/Euphrates
b) Nile/Tigris
c) Euphrates/Nile
d) Mississippi/Hudson

The Sumerians are creditied with creating
a) arch
b) wagons
c) 60 seconds/minute, 60 minutes/hour
d) all of the above

Ziggurats were built
a) to honor the king
b) for entertaining the people
c) to honor the city's chief god
d) as a tomb for the rulers

Cuneiform, or Sumerian writing, was developed for all of the following except
a) writing books
b) teling stories
c) keeping records of trades
d) displaying rules

Sargon, the Akkadian emperor, was the first ruler believed to have
a) ziggurats built
b) a written code of laws
c) developed irrigation
d) a standing army

Hammurabi, the Babylonian emperor, was the first ruler believed to have
a) ziggurats built
b) a written code of laws
c) developed irrigation
d) a standing army

Hammurabi's Code of Laws were equal for all the classes of society
a) true
b) false
c)
d)

The Assyrians used the develoment of what in their weapons and tools
a) bronze
b) iron
c) steel
d) copper

The Epic of Gilgamesh was kept in
a) a ziggurat
b) a royal chamber
c) the center of each city-state
d) the royal library

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