City-States in Mesopotamia

A city and its surrounding lands functioning as an independent political unit:

• Empire

• City-state

• Dynasty

A series of rulers from a single family:

• Dynasty

• Empire

• City-state

• Royalty

The process in which a new idea or a product spreads from one culture to another:

• Legacy

• Cultural diffusion

• Heritage

The belief in many gods:

• Polytheism

• Monotheism

• Ziggurats

It brings together several peoples, nations, or previously independent states under the control of one ruler:

• A kingdom

• A nation

• An empire

A large temple in the center of a city-state:

• Pyramid

• Ziggurat

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  Cuneiform

An ancient system of writing on clay tablets

• Ziggurat

• Hammurabi’s Code

• Cuneiform

What was the main purpose of building city walls in Sumerian city-states?

• Decorate the city

• Protect the city from floods

• Defend against attacks

• Separate rich and poor areas

What was the main purpose of digging irrigation ditches?

• Provide water during the dry summer

• Protect the city from unpredictable floods

• Defend the city against attacks

What was the main purpose of trading their grain, cloth, and crafted tools with the peoples of the mountains and the desert?

• Get the materials to grow their crops

• Get the materials to decorate the city

• Get the materials for tools and buildings