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What was the Fertile Crescent?
A curving strip of good farmland that extended from the Mediterranean sea to the Persian gulf.
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Explain the Mesopotamian irrigation system.
People learned to build dams to control seasonal floods, then they dug canals that took water from a water source to their fields.
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Explain who were part of Sumerian middle class. (3 to win)
Merchants, farmers, fishers, and artisans.
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Explain who were part of Sumerian upper class. (3 to win)
Kings, priests, warriors, and government officials.
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Who were the scribes?
Men who wrote documents that recorded everyday life in Mesopotamia.
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How many characters did cuneiform had approximately?
1,200 different characters.
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Why did city-states fight each other?
Resources, territory, or glory.
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Describe how the Tigris and Euphrates behaved along the year. (Base your answer on seasonal changes).
Little rain fell in the summer leaving the rivers low. Rains and melting snow caused the overflow their banks in spring.
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Which were the first cities in Southwest Asia built by Sumerians?
Ur, Uruk, and Eridu.
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What was the main building material people used in Sumer?
Mud and crushed reed bricks.
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What were the major crops and raised animals in Sumer? (2 of each to win)
Wheat, barley, and dates. / Sheep, goats, and pigs.
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Why were Sumerian cities cut off from each other and what did this cause?
Mudflats and deserts made it hard to travel and communicate which resulted in independent cities with their own politics and economy.
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