ANSWERS

             1.-These civilizations were called "river civilizations"

                    because they developed along the banks of large rivers.

             2.- The power was centred on the king.

             3.- The society was divided into two groups:

                               *Privileged people

                               *Subjugated people

             4.- River civilizations were characterised by:

                               *Strong political power, centred on the king.

                               *A very hierarchical society.

                               *A great artistic development.

              5.- Hammurabi code is the first code of laws.

             6.- People bought things at the market.

             7.- People used barter to buy and to sell.

             8.- Ziggurat.

             9.- The privileged people were the aristocracy, the priests and the scribes.

             10.-The people with no privileges were peasants and craftmen.

             11.- They used brick and adobe for constructions?

             12.- Mesopotamians invented the arch and the vault.

             13.- They used stone for the sculptures.

             14.- The Summerians and the Akkadians built statues of their kings 

                      and gods. Assyrians made great figures of  bulls with human heads,

                      and expressive reliefs with hunting and war scenes.

 -Josefina Herrera Cides -

     2005-2006