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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| when did the Sumerians settle in Mesopotamia? | 3500bc |
| Sumer was known of their area of what? | Mesopotamia |
| which word means "the land between the rivers"? | Mesopotamia |
| what was the area around Mesopotamia that was also known as the "fertile crescent"? | fertile |
| what civilization was the earliest known civilization? | Sumerian civilization |
| the Sumerians learned how to _______ the twin rivers. | control |
| Tigris and Euphrates were the ____ ______ | twin rivers |
| after creating a flood Tigris and Euphrates left behind natural ________ | levees |
| the Sumerians _____ _____ in the levees when the land became dry. | poked holes |
| they grew barley, wheat, sesame flax, fruit trees. what else did they grow? | date plants |
| where was there little Timber? | Sumer |
| they used mud and crushed reeds to make _____ | bricks |
| Ur was one of Sumer's _____ ______ | great cities |
| what was considered a state in itself? | each city |
| farmland was around each ____ _____ | city-state |
| what did they use to try to keep out lions and bandits? | a bronze gate |
| the upper class lived in the ______ of the city? | center |
| government officials, artisans, and shopkeepers all made up the ______ class | upper |
| what would they go to with one another over boundary lines disputes? | war |
| what was another name for a temple? | ziggurat |
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