Mesopotamia Summary & Outline Review

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Modern country names

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Iraqy, Turkey, Syria, Kuwait

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Examples of 1st Mesopotamian cities

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Ur, Eridu, Uruk

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Region where Mesopotamia is found

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Middle East

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Reasons for settling along rivers

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silt, irrigation, building materials, trade

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Features all cities had

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ziggurats, walls, palaces

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Rivers found in Mesopotamia

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Tigris & Euphrates

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1st written language

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cuneiform

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Cuneiform was written on

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clay tablets

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Who created cuneiform?

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Sumerians

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The 1st civilization in southern Mesopotamia was in

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Sumer