Why did the Sumerians invent a writing system (Cuneiform)?
To record business dealings and important events
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Where is Sumer? and what are the people called?
Region in southern Mesopotamia/ Sumerians
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an independent nation made up of a city and the land around it
city-state
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year Sumerian city states begin to rise
3,000 b.c.
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Where is Mesopotamia?
Land bet/ Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in Southwest Asia.
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Describe 6 characteristics of Sumerian City-State
ruled by a king, grew its own crops, owned surrounding land, formed alliances with other city-states, polytheism but claimed 1 god as its own, had its own govt
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Why is 4,000 B.C. an important date in Mesopotamia?
Ppl started farming in the valley bet/ the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. Since 7,000 B.C. Mesopotamians hunted and raised animals for food.
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a belief in more than one god
polytheism
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a long poem that tells the story of a hero
epic
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How did the Mesopotamians control flooding and irrigation?
Built dams to stop the water, dug canals to let water flow to the fields.
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a pyramid-shaped tower with a temple at the top
ziggurat
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What were the benefits of irrigation?
Farmers could grow lg. amts of food & have a surplus. Everyone did not need to farm, some ppl became artisans. Ppl lived together in places that allowed trade.
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Describe the economy of the Sumerian City-States.
Ran independent from each other. The economies were based off of trading among each other.
