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What are 4 reasons people settled in river valleys?
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River valleys had: food, water, transportation, and fertile soil
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What were the 2 rivers in Mesopotamia?
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The Tigris and Euphrates
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What is Mesopotamia called today?
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Iraq
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What was the Code of Hammurabi?
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A set of strict laws that were meant to unite many cultures in Babylon
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Who was the Sumerian king who was an archetypal epic hero?
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Gilgamesh
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What was Egytian writing called?
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Hieroglyphics
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Why was written language important?
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It improved communication.
It recorded history.
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