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History 101: Western Civilization
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Who were the creators of the Mesopotamian civilization?
Ans: Sumerians
Mesopotamia lied between what two rivers?
Ans: The Tigris and the Euphrates
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How did the Tigris and Euphrates rivers make Mesopotamia fertile?
Ans: Overflow of the banks caused a deposit of fertile silt which
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depended on the melting of the snows in the upland mountains.
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What was the cultural affect of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers on the
Mesopotamian civilization?
Ans: The unpredictableness meant people could only raise crops by
building a complex system of irrigation and drainage systems to control
the flow.
What were the basic units of the Sumerian civilization?
Ans: City-states
What were Sumerian cities surrounded by?
Ans: Walls
What was the most prominent building in a Sumerian city?
Ans: Temple
Sumerian temples were dedicated to who?
Ans: Chief gods or goddesses
What is a ziggurat?
Ans: Massive stepped tower where Sumerian temples were built upon.
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What is a theocracy?
Ans: Government in which Gods ruled the city (divine authority)
Who's economy was primarily agricultural?
Ans: Sumerians
Where was the Akkadian Empire located?
Ans: To the north of the Sumerian cities on the falt and open land of
Mesopotamia
Who is the leader of the Akkadians?
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Ans: Sargon
Who overran the Sumerians and established a Dynastic Empire?
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Ans: Sargon
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Sargon used the former rulers of the conquered city-states as what?
Ans: Governers
What type of power did Sargon have on the newly conquered city-states?
Ans: Militaristic power
Who managed to establish power and create a new empire from the
Amorites (Old Babylonians) ?
Ans: Hammurabi
What was the Code of Hammurabi?
Ans: A collection of 282 laws restricting strict justice and severe
penalties.
What does the code of Hammurabi reveal?
Ans: A society with a system of strict justice.
What were the penalties like in Hammurabi's code?
Ans: Severe and varied according to the social class
The principle of "eye for an eye", "tooth for a tooth", was a fundamental
principle for what?
Ans: Hammurabi's Code
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What system of writing did Sumerians use?
Ans: Cuneiform
What is cuneiform?
Ans: A system of writing in which Sumerians made WEDGE-SHAPED
impressions on clay tablets that were baked or dried out in the sun.
What was the central importance to the development of the Egyptian
civilization?
Ans: The Nile
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What was the "miracle" of the Nile?
Ans: The annual flooding
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How did the Nile create such a fertile Egyptian civilization?
Expert
Ans: The river rose in the summer from Central Africa to the Ethiopian
Highlands and left a deposit of silt that enriched the soil.
What was the cultural affect of the Nile river on the Egyptian civilization?
Ans: The gradual and predicable flooding of the river itself was seen as
life-enhancing, not life-threatening.
What did Greeks label Egyptian writing?
Ans: Hieroglyphics
What did hieroglyphics consist of?
Ans: Signs that depicted objects and had a sacred value at the same time
Did Hieroglyphics ever develop into an alphabet?
Ans: No
Who put an end to the Middle Kingdom?
Ans: The Hyksos
What was most important about the Hyksos invasion of Egypt?
Ans: Taught the Egyptians how to use bronze to make agricultural tools
and weapons.
History 101: Western Civilization
Questions and Answers (100% Correct
Answers) Already Graded A+
Who were the creators of the Mesopotamian civilization?
Ans: Sumerians
Mesopotamia lied between what two rivers?
Ans: The Tigris and the Euphrates
© 2026 Assignment
How did the Tigris and Euphrates rivers make Mesopotamia fertile?
Ans: Overflow of the banks caused a deposit of fertile silt which
Guru01 - Stuvia
depended on the melting of the snows in the upland mountains.
Expert
What was the cultural affect of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers on the
Mesopotamian civilization?
Ans: The unpredictableness meant people could only raise crops by
building a complex system of irrigation and drainage systems to control
the flow.
What were the basic units of the Sumerian civilization?
Ans: City-states
What were Sumerian cities surrounded by?
Ans: Walls
What was the most prominent building in a Sumerian city?
Ans: Temple
Sumerian temples were dedicated to who?
Ans: Chief gods or goddesses
What is a ziggurat?
Ans: Massive stepped tower where Sumerian temples were built upon.
, 2
What is a theocracy?
Ans: Government in which Gods ruled the city (divine authority)
Who's economy was primarily agricultural?
Ans: Sumerians
Where was the Akkadian Empire located?
Ans: To the north of the Sumerian cities on the falt and open land of
Mesopotamia
Who is the leader of the Akkadians?
© 2026 Assignment
Ans: Sargon
Who overran the Sumerians and established a Dynastic Empire?
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Ans: Sargon
Expert
Sargon used the former rulers of the conquered city-states as what?
Ans: Governers
What type of power did Sargon have on the newly conquered city-states?
Ans: Militaristic power
Who managed to establish power and create a new empire from the
Amorites (Old Babylonians) ?
Ans: Hammurabi
What was the Code of Hammurabi?
Ans: A collection of 282 laws restricting strict justice and severe
penalties.
What does the code of Hammurabi reveal?
Ans: A society with a system of strict justice.
What were the penalties like in Hammurabi's code?
Ans: Severe and varied according to the social class
The principle of "eye for an eye", "tooth for a tooth", was a fundamental
principle for what?
Ans: Hammurabi's Code
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What system of writing did Sumerians use?
Ans: Cuneiform
What is cuneiform?
Ans: A system of writing in which Sumerians made WEDGE-SHAPED
impressions on clay tablets that were baked or dried out in the sun.
What was the central importance to the development of the Egyptian
civilization?
Ans: The Nile
© 2026 Assignment
What was the "miracle" of the Nile?
Ans: The annual flooding
Guru01 - Stuvia
How did the Nile create such a fertile Egyptian civilization?
Expert
Ans: The river rose in the summer from Central Africa to the Ethiopian
Highlands and left a deposit of silt that enriched the soil.
What was the cultural affect of the Nile river on the Egyptian civilization?
Ans: The gradual and predicable flooding of the river itself was seen as
life-enhancing, not life-threatening.
What did Greeks label Egyptian writing?
Ans: Hieroglyphics
What did hieroglyphics consist of?
Ans: Signs that depicted objects and had a sacred value at the same time
Did Hieroglyphics ever develop into an alphabet?
Ans: No
Who put an end to the Middle Kingdom?
Ans: The Hyksos
What was most important about the Hyksos invasion of Egypt?
Ans: Taught the Egyptians how to use bronze to make agricultural tools
and weapons.
