Mesopotamia

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Mesopotamia

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Between rivers

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Which two rivers were important in Mesopotamia?

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Euphrates and Tigris

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Early Mesopotamian farmers discovered ___________ or ways to move water across land.

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Irrigation

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What developed because groups of people had different levels of responsibility?

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Social classes

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What is a ziggurat?

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A temple

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Many villages produced ___________ food, or more than they needed.

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Surplus

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The Sumerian had a ___________ religion.

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politheist

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politheist

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Several gods

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The Mesopotamian writing system is called __________.

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Cuneiform

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Objects discovered during the Mesopotamian period:
- Writing, fire, bronze
- Bronze, wheel, plough
- Plough, writing, gathering
- Arithmetic, writing, TV

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Bronze, wheel, plough