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Essays for Chapter 3 Mesopotamia: Site of Several Ancient River Civilizations (M) 1. What is the Fertile Crescent? What is Mesopotamia? Where are these places located? What modern day countries now occupy that land? 2. In order, what empires controlled the land of the Fertile Crescent in ancient times? 3. Describe the religious beliefs of the people in Mesopotamian civilizations. 4. What three inventions contributed to the growth of the civilizations in Mesopotamia? Explain how each them contributed to the growth of Mesopotamian civilizations. 5. What four factors helped Mesopotamia to flourish? Explain how each factor contributed to the growth of the Mesopotamian civilizations. 6. Describe why Hammurabi is an important historical figure. Include information about the code including the basis of the code, why the code was important, Hammurabi’s goal in creating the code, how Hammurabi accomplished his goal. Include an example of one of the laws. 7. Describe the Three important achievements of Mesopotamian civilization. 8. Explain how the Phoenician writing system improved upon prior writing systems. Describe the Phoenician writing system as the first alphabet and the precursor of the first complete alphabet developed by the Greeks.

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Essays  for  Chapter  3  Mesopotamia:    Site  of  Several  Ancient  River  Civilizations  (M)  

1. What  is  the  Fertile  Crescent?    What  is  Mesopotamia?    Where  are  these  places  located?    What  modern  day  countries  now  occupy  that  land?  

     

2. In  order,  what  empires  controlled  the  land  of  the  Fertile  Crescent  in  ancient  times?        

3. Describe  the  religious  beliefs  of  the  people  in  Mesopotamian  civilizations.        

4. What  three  inventions  contributed  to  the  growth  of  the  civilizations  in  Mesopotamia?    Explain  how  each  them  contributed  to  the  growth  of  Mesopotamian  civilizations.  

     

5. What  four  factors  helped  Mesopotamia  to  flourish?    Explain  how  each  factor  contributed  to  the  growth  of  the  Mesopotamian  civilizations.  

     

6. Describe  why  Hammurabi  is  an  important  historical  figure.    Include  information  about  the  code  including  the  basis  of  the  code,  why  the  code  was  important,  Hammurabi’s  goal  in  creating  the  code,  how  Hammurabi  accomplished  his  goal.    Include  an  example  of  one  of  the  laws.  

     

7. Describe  the  Three  important  achievements  of  Mesopotamian  civilization.        

8. Explain  how  the  Phoenician  writing  system  improved  upon  prior  writing  systems.    Describe  the  Phoenician  writing  system  as  the  first  alphabet  and  the  precursor  of  the  first  complete  alphabet  developed  by  the  Greeks.  

   

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