Ancient Mesopotamia: From Farming to Empire

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Scribes in Ur reed marks into wet clay to record how many jars of barley each farmer delivered. Which invention is this?

cuneiform, for keeping records

A city has extra food, some people become priests instead of farmers. Which step in the farm→city chain is this?

specialization

Priests store grain and hand it out, and the ziggurat stands in the center. Which institutions does the ziggurat belong

religion and economy

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