Vocabulary
What is silt
Fine particles of fertile soil
How did the rivers run
parallel
The population of city-states were...
5,000 to 20,000 people
True or False: Sumerians beloved in one god
False
Civilization ruled by a king.
Monarchy
What was a disadvantage of the rivers
The overflowing ruined crops
What were the cities in Sumer called
City-States
True or False: Each God controlled everything
False
What does mesopotamia mean
The land between rivers
In the spring the rivers were
Overflowing
What were around city-states
Mudflats, and desert
Who was allowed to go to the top of a Ziggurat
Special priest
What is believing in multiple gods called
Polytheism
What was a benefit of the river be
The flooding fertilized the soil
What are the first three cities in southwest asia
Ur, Uruk, and Eridu
The top of a Ziggurat was...
A gods home
Irrigation means...
A system that supplies dry land with water through ditches pipes and streams
In the summer the rivers got
Little to no water
What did city-states gain
They gained political and economic control
What is a Ziggurat