Mesopotamia

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Mesopotamia is the earliest known civilization and it developed between: the Tiber and Euphrates River, the Tigris and Euphrates River, the Nile and Tigris River, The Nile and Tiber River

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the Tigris and Euphrates River

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Early Mesopotamian farmers had to deal with _____________ and _____________.

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droughts/floods

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The people of Mesopotamia solved the problem of the uncontrolled water supply by developing

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irrigation system

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City states went to war with one another over: gold and slaves, religion and politics, resources and territory, trade and agriculture

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resources and territory

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What is polytheism?

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belief in more than one god

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A pyramid-shaped structure with a temple at the top is called a

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ziggurat

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Mesopotamian rivers were filled with ____________ which proved to be good soil for farming

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silt

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Sumerian writing was called

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cuneiform

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What does a scribe do for a living?

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write

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What is the name of the oldest known story? Options: The Odyssey, The Epic of Gilgamesh, The Epic of Mesopotamia, The Iliad

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The Epic of Gilgamesh