2.1 Mesopotamia

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  1. 4. the belief that humans, animals, plants, and inanimate objects are spiritual being with souls
  2. 7. the two famous rivers of Mesopotamia; their unpredictable flooding sometimes resulted in disaster
  3. 10. ancient Babylonian law code; one of the oldest law codes in history; associated with the phrase: "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth"
  4. 12. religious temples made of mud brick and timber in Mesopotamia; shaped as step-pyramids
  5. 13. belief in many gods
  6. 14. (c. 3,800-3,000 B.C.) the earliest of Mesopotamian civilizations; its people invented the wheel, the plow, irrigation, and written language
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  1. 1. modern-day country where Mesopotamia was located
  2. 2. the writing-style of Mesopotamia; crafted by applying a stylus to a clay tablet; the word literally means "wedge-shaped"
  3. 3. the tendency to adopt and adapt the religious ideas and practices of other peoples
  4. 5. one of the oldest recorded civilizations; means "between rivers"
  5. 6. a geographical area of fertile land in the Middle East stretching in a broad semicircle from the Nile to the Tigris and Euphrates
  6. 8. Akkadian emperor who conquered Mesopotamia around 2340; known as the world's first conqueror
  7. 9. mythical king of Uruk who sought immortality after losing his friend Enkidu
  8. 11. a city that function independently, not being under the control of a larger power