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Vocabulary I
Vocabulary II
First Civilization
Sumerian Contributions
Other important information
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more than you need
What is surplus
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a way of watering crops
What is irrigation
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the people in the southern end of Mesopotamia who created the world's first civilization were call the
What is Sumerians
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Sumerians invented Cuneiform originally to
What is to keep business records.
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Sumerian city-states fought each other constantly. Most of the time they were fighting over
What is land and water rights.
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a record keeper
What is scribe
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long poem that tells about legendary or heroic deeds
What is epic
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The first civilization was most likely developed because
What is they were able to produce a surplus of food allowing for specialization
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A Sumerian city-state was similar...
What is to a small country.
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The Sumerian religious beliefs came from the idea that
What is the forces of nature were alive and gods were to be pleased.
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splitting up the work
What is divisions of labor
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belief in may gods
What is polytheism
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The two rivers associated with the Mesopotamia Civilization are
the Tigris River and the Euphrates River
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A ziggurat was a large building in the center of each Sumerian city state. A ziggurat is the
What is home of the city's chief god
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An example of "human environmental" interaction would be
What is digging irrigation ditches and canals to water dry sections of cultivated land
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form of writing used by the Sumerians; wedge-shaped markings
What is cuneiform?
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one person rules - usually a King or Queen
What is monarchy
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Early settlers in the Tigris-Euphrates River Valley who learned to farm would have developed
What is a Neolithic Culture.
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The Sumerian story of Gilgamesh is an example of
What is an epic in literature.
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Merchants were the group that lived
What is closest to the ziggurat.
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grand temple built to the chief god; means "mountain of god" or "hill of heaven"
What is ziggurats
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a group of many different lands under one ruler
What is empire
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The 5 elements of a civilization include:
What is organized government, art, religion, class divisions, and a writing system.
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Government arose for the first time in Sumer. It was probably from the result of the need for
What is order in society as population increased and large projects had to be completed.
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Sargon I created the world's first
What is empire.