Mesopotamia's two important rivers were the Euphrates and the . Large stepped pyramid structures found in Sumerian temple complexes are called . The practice of worshipping more than one god is called . was the system of writing invented by the Sumerians. The earliest story in literature is the . The earliest written code of laws was created by the Babylonian king . Respond to the following based on your reading. Civilizations possess certain common characteristics. What are these characteristics? What's Hammurabi's Code and what does it tell you about Babylonian society?

1.Tigris

2. Ziggurats

3.polytheism

4. Cuneiform

5. Epic of Gilgamesh

6. Hammurabi

7. Civilizations are complex societies that generally have cities, writing, complex religion, job specialization, social hierarchy, and monumental architecture.

8. Hammurabi’s Code was the earliest written law code. It supports “an eye for an eye” form of justice but at the same time shows how people of different social rankings were treated differently under the law. This means that Babylonian society was very hierarchy.

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b. race

the assassination of president lincoln was just one part of a larger plot to decapitate the federal government of the u.s. after the civil war. the first reaction to lincoln’s death was disbelief. then it quickly changed to grief. abraham lincoln’s death created an outpouring of grief from citizens in both the north and the south.

explanation:

lincoln was the first u.s. president to be assassinated. president abraham lincoln, america’s civil war leader, was assassinated just five days after confederate general robert e. lee surrendered his army at appomattox court house, ending the four-year war between the states. on the evening of april 14, 1865, lincoln was attending a performance of our american cousin at ford’s theatre in washington, d.c. john wilkes booth – a 26-year old actor, confederate sympathizer, and white supremacist – slipped into the presidential box and shot lincoln in the head. john wilkes booth and his conspirators had initially planned to kidnap lincoln to save the confederate states. but as the confederacy faltered, booth’s thoughts turned to murder. booth may have decided to act on his hatred after lincoln endorsed giving the right to vote to african-american men who had served in the union army.