14. Considered the most important and lasting of the Sumerian accomplishments is

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14. Considered the most important and lasting of the Sumerian accomplishments is/are a. ziggurats b. a law code. c. the development of writing. d. mathematics. e. a calendar 15. It could be most accurately stated of Hammurabi's Code that a. it was the first code of law ever drafted. b. it did not deal extensively with family and social matters. c. punishment depended upon the violators rank in society. d. it attempted to outlaw slavery. e. it dealt exclusively with business matters. 16. The government in Mesopotamia can best be described as a. a democracy b. a theocracy and monarchy. c. complete anarchy. d. an oligarchy. e. a republic 17. Semitic in ancient history refers to a. the Holocaust b. a language family. c. a religion d. a region in Southwest Asia. e. None of the options are correct. 18. The Hittites were the first to a. develop writing b. write down their religious beliefs. c. use gold as currency d. smelt iron. e. sail across the Persian Gulf. 19. All of the following help to explain the decline of Mesopotamia until the 9th century EXCEPT a. environmental degradation. b. population growth that outpaced agricultural production. c, the lack of any clear leadership in Babylon. d. climate that included heat and sandstorms. e. Both A and B 20. Egyptian climate is noted for a. supporting two crops per year b. its volatility. c. the predictable flooding of the Nile. d. very few storms, but violent ones. extensive rain for three months of the year

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14. C

15. c.

16. B

17.

18. d [ a type of weapon]

19. e [ war population and wrong techniques in agriculture]

20. b

21. e

22. c [according to Egyptian pharaoh was god and his role was Welfare of Egypt, Under Pharaoh rule.
They extended up the Nile to the south.
Conditions of the labyrinth were poor in hundreds of villages gradually worsened.
Religion became democratic.]

23. a

24. e

25. a [It was Egypt's most fertile and successful era. Form and content were perfected. Remarkable art, monarchy, religion, social& economy. Construction of monuments Pharaohs]

26. c.

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