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What do ancient stories tell us about the civilization of Mesopotamia.

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Ancient stories of Mesopotamia are valuable sources of information.

According to the Bible, the Flood was meant to destroy all life on earth However, God chose a man, Noah, to ensure that life could continue after the Flood. Noah built a huge boat, an ark.

He took a pair each of all known species of animals and birds on boards the ark, which survived the Flood. There was a strikingly similar story in the Mesopotamian tradition, where there principal character was called Ziusudra or Utnapishtim.

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Describe the contribution of the Mesopotamian civilization to world.

Who were the first people to divide a day into 24 hours, an hour into 60 minutes and a minute into 60 seconds?

Discuss the Sacred Temples (Ziggurats) of Mesopotamia.

What is called the 'Sacred Temples' of Mesopotamia?

Write a brief note on the code of Hammurabi.

Why do we say that it was not natural fertility and high levels of food production that were the causes of early Urbanisation?

Which of the following were necessary conditions and which the causes, of early urbanisation, and which would you say were the outcome of the growth of cities:
(a) highly productive agriculture, (b) water transport, (c) the lack of metal and stone, (d) the division of labour, (e) the use of seals, (f) the military power of kings that made labour compulsory ?

Why were mobile animal herders not necessarily a threat to town life ?

Why would the early temple have been much like a house ?

Of the new institutions that came into being once city life had begun, which would have depended on the initative of the king.

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