Ch4L1: Sumerians

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A _____________ is a pyramid-shaped temple tower that rose above each Sumerian city.

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ziggurat

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The word Mesopotamia means...

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the land between two rivers

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Flooding along the banks of the rivers Tigris and Euphrates results in...

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a rich layer of silt being deposited on the banks

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What were ziggurats?

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large buildings used as religious temples

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Irrigation systems were used to...

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bring water to places that needed it

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Mesopotamia is located between what two rivers?

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Tigris and Euphrates

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A city state is...

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an early city that was like a small, independent country with its own laws and government

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An artifact is:

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An object from the past that teaches us how people lived

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Irrigation is:

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A tool used to transport water

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Silt is

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A rich soil deposited by rivers