Mesopotamian Civilization

Where was the ancient civilization of Sumer located?

• Modern-day Egypt

• Modern-day Iraq

• Modern-day Turkey

• Modern-day Ethiopia

Which innovation allowed early Sumerians to farm large areas of previously bone-dry land?

• Advanced plowing techniques

• Irrigation channels, dams, and reservoirs

• Terraced farming on hillsides

• Discovery of drought-resistant crops

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What was the name for the largest and most important building in a Sumerian city, dedicated to a patron deity?

• Palace

• Marketplace

• Ziggurat

• Library

What was the initial primary purpose of the world's first writing system, cuneiform, for Sumerian merchants?

• To record historical events and myths

• To draft the first written laws

• To teach in the first school system

• To account for goods in trade