Sumerians
Sumerians 2
Sumerians 3
Early Valley Dwellers
Taming the Rivers
100
What is the approximate dates for the beginning of the first river valley civilizations?
What is circa 3,000 BC
100
What helped early civilization people bring meaning to their lives?
What is a. beliefs b. system of values?
100
The Tigris and Euphrates run _____ to each other.
What is parallel?
100
Early 1800’s archaeologists found a. _____ b. _____ in the area of Mesopotamia to find out about the history of the area.
What are buildings and artifacts?
100
What is silt?
What are fine particles of fertile soil?
200
What were the first 4 river valley civilizations? (MICE)
What is Mesopotamia, India, China, and Egypt
200
What was the earliest river valley civilization?
What is Mesopotamia?
200
The Tigris and Euphrates each runs about _____ miles.
What is 1,000?
200
The first people settled in Mesopotamia around _____.
What is 7,000 BC?
200
What is irrigation?
What is a system that supplies dry land with water through ditches, pipes, or streams?
300
How were people ranked in social classes during the time of the first river valley civilizations?
What is by your work/occupation?
300
What modern day country is home to the earliest river valley civilization?
What is Iraq?
300
What is the Fertile Crescent?
What is a curving strip of of good farmland extending from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf?
300
The first settlers in Mesopotamia were these two things...
What are hunters and herders?
300
How did early Mesopotamians control floods?
What is built dams?
400
What is specialization?
What is people doing various types of jobs?
400
The word 'Mesopotamia' is Greek for what?
What is 'the land between the rivers'?
400
Mesopotamia located in _____ part of Fertile Crescent.
What is eastern?
400
Around what year did humans move into the plain of the Tigris and Euphrates valley?
What is 4,000 BC?
400
What did early Mesopotamians dig to let water flow from a water source to their fields?
What is canals?
500
What three things did the governments of the first river valley civilizations do?
What is a. passed laws b. defended land c. carry out large building projects?
500
What are the two rivers that flow through Mesopotamia?
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
500
What 6 modern days countries are included in the Fertile Crescent?
What are Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Israel, and Jordan?
500
What did the settlers in early Mesopotamia build around 4,000 BC?
What is farming villages?
500
How does silt help farmers?
What is provides nutrients that help crops to grow?
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