Chapter 4: Rise of Sumerian City States
Characteristics of a Civilization
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The Sumerians had to leave this place because there was a food shortage.
What is the Zagros Mountains?
100
A civilizations needs this first and foremost if a complex society is to survive.
What is a stable food supply?
200
This river is where the city of Babylon stood.
What is the Euphrates River?
200
In Sumer's social structure, these people lived in the center of the city.
What are priests, government officials and landowners?
300
This is known as the land between two rivers.
What is Mesopotamia?
300
The Sumerian middle class that lived on the city's edge.
What were merchants, artisans, fishermen and farmers?
400
After moving to Mesopotamia, irrigation techniques helped the Sumerians to solve this major problem.
What is an uncontrollable water supply?
400
This characteristic of Sumerian civilization helped to keep people in order and direct their behavior.
What is government?
500
Sumerians built these to prevent flooding.
What is a levee?
500
This person within the Sumerian government collected taxes, enforced the laws, and appointed officials to do certain jobs.
What is the king?
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