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Landscape
Climate/Resources
Mesopotamia
Sumerian City-States
Sumerian People
100
Egypt's River
What is the Nile
100
The most plentiful resource in the area
What is oil/natural gas.
100
What does Mesopotamia mean in Greek
What is "the land between the rivers"
100
Population range?
What is 5000 - 20000 people
100
Most people were this
What is farmers
200
The 3 areas that make up the region we're studying.
What is Southeast Asia, North Africa, and Central Asia.
200
The most scarce resource.
What is water
200
To control the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, early farmers did what?
What is built dams
200
What buildings were often located in the center of the city?
What is ruler's palace, large temple, public buildings.
200
These people made up the lowest social class.
What is enslaved laborers
300
The two rivers in Southeast Asia.
What is the Tigris and Euphrates.
300
Two resources in the area besides oil/natural gas.
What is coal, iron, phosphates, timber, fish.
300
When food was plentiful and not everyone had to farm, what happened?
What is some people became artisans.
300
Two of the four reasons city-states went to war.
What is resources, political boundaries, glory, territory.
300
They worshipped many gods, also known as this.
What is polytheism
400
The land here can be described as dry and what?
What is rugged
400
Created when layers of material are hardened by the intense weight of more materials placed above.
What is sedimentary rock
400
Why did people begin to move together and form cities?
What is trade.
400
What did city-states do during times of peace?
What is trade with one another and form alliances.
400
Trade linked sumer to which 2 other civilizations.
What is Egypt and India.
500
The two inland seas that have suffered greatly.
What are the Caspian and the Aral.
500
The largest desert in the world is located here, called the _________
What is Sahara
500
Mesopotamia is located on a __________ plain.
What is alluvial
500
What two things made up the mixture for the walls that surrounded each city state?
What is mud and crushed reeds.
500
In the early days, city-states were ruled by these people.
What is special priests.