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| The people who lived in Mesopotamia about 3500 B.C. were the _________. | Sumerians
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| Mesopotamia means __________________. | The Land Between The Rivers
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| Mesopotamia was also known as _____. | Sumer
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| The area around Mesopotamia is called the ______________. | Fertile Crescent
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| The ____________________ is the earliest known civilization on Earth. | Sumerian Civilization
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| The Sumerians learned how to control the __________. | Twin Rivers
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| The twin rivers are the ______ and _________ rivers. | Tigris and Euphrates
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| The twin rivers would flood and leave behind natural ______. | levees
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| When the land became too ___, the Sumerians would build even ____________ and poke holes in them. | Dry, Higher Levees
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| The chief crop in Mesopotamia was ______. | Barley
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| There was little ______ in Sumer. | Timber
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| Bricks were made of ___ and ______. | Mud,Reeds
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| One of the greatest cities of Sumer was __. | Ur
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| Each _________ was made up of the city and the surrounding farmland. | City-State
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| Each city was surrounded by a wall to keep out _______ and _____. | Bandits, Lions
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| List who lived where in order starting in the middle of the city; ________, ________, ________. | Upper Class, Middle Class, Lower Class
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| One city-state would go to war with one another over _____________ disputes. | Boundary Line
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| The ________ was in the center of the city and means __________ or _________. | Ziggurat, Mountain of God, Hill of Heaven
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| Only _______ could enter the ziggurat. | Priests
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| All forces of nature were viewed as ____. | Gods
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| Male gods made ______ to be their servants. | Humans
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| Priests were ________ because they knew the will of the gods. | Powerful
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| School was only for ______________. | Sons Of The Rich
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| In school you learned how to become a _____. | Scribe
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| Writing made up of wedge-shaped markings is called _________. | Cuneiform
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| Sumerian priests were also _____. | Kings
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| One of the most famous priest-kings was _________. | Gilgamesh
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| About 3000 B.C. the permanent kings were _______________. | Military Leaders
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