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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who were the people who settled in Mesopotamia at about 3500 b.c. ? | Sumerians |
| Sumerians lived in an area of Mesopotamia that was called? | Sumer |
| What does Mesopotamia mean? | "The land between the rivers" |
| what is the fertile land around Mesopotamia called? | Fertile Crescent |
| What did the Sumerians learn to control? | The two rivers |
| What were the two main rivers in Mesopotamia? | Euphrates and Tigris |
| What was the Sumerians' main crop? | barley |
| The Sumerians mixed mud and reed together to make what? | bricks |
| What was one of the greatest cities Sumer? | Ur |
| Was each city considered a state itself? | yes |
| Each city was surrounded by a wall with a bronze gate to keep out ______ and ______. | Bandits and lions |
| Near the center of the city lived the ______ class. | Upper |
| what was around the sumerians ziggurat? | courts |
| is it true that they believed all forces were viewed as gods? | yes |
| boys that were going to school were going to learn how to be scribes? | yes |
| what was sumerian writing called? | cuniform |
| how did they write cuniform writing? | with wedge shaped tools |
| why did the sumerians develop writing? | business deals |
| was one of the famous priest-kings Gilamesh or Gilgamesh? | Gilgamesh |
| true or false: About 300 b.c. military leaders became permanent kings? | false; they became permanent kings about 3000 b.c. |
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