What was the government system of early civilizations?
Monarchy
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What type of religion was practiced in early Sumerian city-states?
Polytheism
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How did Sumerians try to please their gods?
In hopes of avoiding natural disasters, they offered gifts of animals, fruits, and grain to the deities.
They built a temple in the center of each urban center called a ziggurat.
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Where did the ancient civilization of Sumer develop?
In the Southern part of the Fertile Crescent
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Who controlled the information that appeared in records, letters and stories, making them very powerful?
Scribes
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Name the four river systems where early civilizations developed.
Nile, Indus, Tigris and Euphrates, Huang He
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In ancient Sumer, who was part of the highest social class?
King and his family, nobles, priests, and military leaders