City-states
Water sources and their uses
Geographical features
Impact of the geography
Other
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What is a city state?

A self governing unit made up of a city and its surrounding villages and farmland.

200

Name the 2 main rivers of Sumer

The Euphrates River and the Tigris River

200

Where is Sumer's location today? 

Iraq

300

How did their dry dilemma land somehow benefit their agriculture

It led them to create an irrigation system and water the crops and make fertile soil.

400

How did the dry land dilemma sometimes get solved 

 The Euphrates and Tigris river also flooded frequently 

400

When was Sumer first created?

About 4000-4500 BCE

500

Name 3 city-states

(You may have not said all of these)

Some but not all are...

Ur,Kish,Nippur,Eridu,Uruk,Sippar,Adab,Umma,Lagash,Bad-tibira, Akshak.