Mesopotamian Civilization

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The rivers namely Tigris and Euphrates rise in the mountains of: Turkey, Syria, Iraq

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Turkey

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The southern most part of Mesopotamia was called

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Sumer

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Each city had a temple tower which was called

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Ziggurat

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The king was regarded as the

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God's representative on earth

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The lowest rank on the social ladder were:

Prisoners of war and peasants

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craftsmen

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labourers and untouchables

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Prisoners of war and peasants

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Mesopotamians grew crops like-

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wheat, barley, pulses, fruits and vegetables

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Water was sent to the agricultural land through

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canals

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The middle class of the Mesopotamians included:

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merchants, landowners, craftsmen

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Most of the houses had

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a central courtyard with rooms around

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Each city of Mesopotamia was the capital of a

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small state