Did the big man decide if they would war with another city-state?
Yes
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What is a surplus
it is when you have lots or excessive amounts of food or something
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How did the wheel develop?
It started with logs then sledges then sledges on logs then the logs wore groves in the sledge and they made an axle to connect two logs that later just became to circles of wood.
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Did they worship more than one god?
Yes
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How many rulers were in each city-state?
It depended on there would be 5 or there could be only 1
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What is irrigation and why was it so important
Irrigation is when you control water. It was important because it meant they could bring water to their crops and people
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Did China invent the wheel or did Mesopotamia?
We are not sure but we think that they both invented it but at different times and without help.
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What is the fertile crescent?
The land that is Egypt and Mesopotamia.
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Where is Mesopotamia in modern times?
Iraq
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Did the people ask there gods for help or there big man?
They would ask both
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What is a shaduff
It is like a well
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What did they use their writing for?
At first it was to record how much food they brought in.
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What does it mean to be polytheistic?
To worship more than one god.
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Did each city-state have a wall around that the big man had built
Most did and they had a ziggurat in the middle.
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How many years was Mesopotamia around
3000 years
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what did they write with
They wrote with a reed
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Where did they worship their many gods?
In a ziggurat
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Who was aloud to go to the sanctuary on top of the ziggurat