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Standard: Identify and locate geographical features of ancient Mesopotamia, including
Black Sea
Euphrates River
Mediterranean Sea
Persian Gulf
Tigris River
Zagros Mountains
Standard: Explain how geographic and climatic features led to the region being known as the Fertile Crescent.
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Standard: Explain how irrigation, silt, metallurgy, production of tools, use of animals, slave labor, and inventions such as the wheel, sail, and plow led to advancements in agriculture.
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Standard: Analyze how advancements in agriculture in Sumer led to economic growth, expansion of trade and transportation, and the emergence of independent city-states.
Standard: Explain the concept of polytheism and its presence in Mesopotamia, with respect to beliefs about the relationship of deities to the natural world and their importance in everyday life.
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Standard: Identify important achievements of the Mesopotamian civilization, including cuneifrom, clay tablets, and ziggurats, and identify the Epic of Gilgamesh as the oldest written epic.
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Standard: Explain the basic concepts of monarchy and empire, and identify Mesopotamia as the regional location of the world's first empire.
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Standard: Analyze the impact of the introduction of written law in the Code of Hammurabi, and explain its basic principles of justice.
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