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CHS Ashley Chpt3
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which two rivers did the Sumer settle near? | Tigris & Euphrates |
| The area called "The land between the rivers? | Mesopotamia |
| What were the people who settled in Mesopotamia about 3500 B.C. called? | Sumerians |
| What were made naturally when the Tigris & Euphrates flooded? | levies |
| what developed because people had to keep track of business deals? | writing |
| What was one of the great cities of summer? | Ur |
| What was the Sumerian writing made up of hundreds of marking shaped like wedges? | cuneform |
| Each city was consired a what itself? | state |
| What were first represent objects? | pictures |
| Later what were represented using pictures? | Ideas |
| still later they were represented using pictures? | syllables |
| A very famous priest-king was? | Gilgamesh |
| What year did the sumerians settled in Mesopotamia | 3500 B.C |
| What did cuneform look like? | wegdes |