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lessons 1 and 2
| notes | |
|---|---|
| The first civilizations started in | 3500 B.C. |
| Civilization | A group of people with an organized and complex society within a culture |
| Plain | Area of flat land |
| Mesopotamia | Land between the rivers |
| In the fertile crescent there is not enough _____ to grow plants | Rain |
| In 5000 B.C. farmers living in the northern part of the fertile crescent... | Began moving south for fertile land |
| Farmers moved from a plateau to | Mesopotamia |
| Irrigation | Trenches and ditches brought water from rivers to fields |
| Mesopotamians built | huts using reed |
| Made bricks from | Mud and straw |
| Most worked as farmers of herders of | Goats, sheep, and cattle |
| Mesopotamians used_____ to transport goods | Rivers |
| Production of surpluses food was a | great rise in civilization |
| Farming improves | population rises |
| Soon people arrived in 2 parts of the fertile crescent | Northern and western |
| By 3500 B.C. several villages became city-states | Uruk, Kish, Lagash, Nippur, and Ur |
| City-state | A city with its individual unit, complete with its own goverment |
| Region | An area with common physical features |
| Sargon | Akkadian ruler who conquered many city-states |
| Cuneiform | form of writing |
| Gilgamesh | literature figure |
| Ur-Nammu | Farming, Businesses, literature, and arts |
| Sumerians developed written systems that helped us with... | Business dealings, create works of literature, and to copy medical text |
| Fertile | Rich soil |
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