The Fertile Crescent Review

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the land "between the rivers"

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Mesopotamia

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What were the two most important Sumerian inventions?

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Cuneiform and irrigation

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Groups were fighting over fertile land and fresh water in the Fertile Crescent.

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True

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Which vocabulary word means: more food than as needed by a person.

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Surplus

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The type of arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular task or job

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Division of Labor (Specialization) 

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A city with political and economic control over the surrounding countryside

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City-State

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Temples built by Sumerians to honor the gods and goddesses they worshiped

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Ziggurats

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A person who writes

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Scribe

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What was the purpose of irrigation?

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to provide water to crops

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River valleys were also ideal locations for __________ to develop.

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trade and travel