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World's first city rose in this place
What is Southwest Asia
100
These provided enough water for farmers to grow crops
What is Rivers
100
The people of sumer where called these
What is Sumerians
100
Another name for believing in many gods
What is polytheism
200
Means between two rivers
What is Mesopotamia
200
Farmers used these to water their crops
What is irrigation
200
The people built this to show importance of agriculture
What is Ziggurat
200
Sumerian king the set up "fair and equal codes"
What is Gilgamesh
300
Made settlement possible in Mesopotamia
What is fertile soil and water
300
Mesopotamian people raised these for food (be specific, name 3)
What is Barley, wheat, emmer, onions, cucumbers, fig, apples, goats, sheep, cattle
300
The people of sumer formed this kind of goverment
What is monarchy
300
These were the rights and freedoms that woman had in sumer (Name 2)
What is own property, divorce cruel husbands, own business, religious leaders, train as scribes
400
Location of Mesopotamia
What is between Tigris and Euphrates river
400
Reason why people of Mesopotamia developed system of irrigation
What is seasonal floods and droughts
400
Having a surplus of food had this effect on the life in Sumer
What is division of labor
400
Put this around the wheels rims to help
What is copper
500
The Tigris river and the Eurphrates river dump in to this area
What is the Persian Gulf
500
The farmers built these three things to help with the water from the rivers
What are dikes, canals and reservoirs
500
The people of sumer believed if they pleased the gods they would get ________ and if the gods were displeased the would have ______
What is a large harvest / natural disasters
500
These were the innivations of sumer (list 4)
What is the acre (iku), quart, writing (cuneiform) sailboat, wheel