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Chapter 3
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History
7th Grade
11/13/2008

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Crops grew well in Mesopotamia because
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farmland was fertile and there was water.
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Mesopotamia got its name from
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the Tigris River and the Euphrates River.
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How did Mesopotamia develop?

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Three events:

1. IRRIGATION

2. TAX COLLECTION SYSTEM

3. CODE OF LAWS`

 

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Why did Mesopotamians build canals?
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Because they wanted to control of the flooding.
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When did the first cities develop in Mesopotamia?
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between 4000 and 3000 B.C.
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Civilizations develop because

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if there is enough food peple can developed a complex society
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Who was one of the first leaders to have a permanent army?
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SARGON

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Sumerians believed their gods needed to
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Be worshipped and pleased
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Scribes had power in Sumerian society, so
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Srcibes could rise through the social class.
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How or what did Sumerians learn about medicine?
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they used in these animal, plants, and minerals to produce healing drugs.
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The Sumerian PLOW is like the
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Tractor
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The CYLINDER SEAL was to
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used to show that you owned something and to mark property
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Sumerians enjoyed music.  Kings and temples hired musicians to play on special occasions.  Music and dance provided entertainment in marketplaces and homes, so I can guess
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Music performances were common
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Why did Phoenicians TRADE on the sea?
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They had mountain on the east and on the north.
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What kind of POLITICAL UNIT was Carthage?
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Colony
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Mesopotamia had some CITIES, but the people still

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Farmers did agriculture.
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In Mesopotamia, people called the _________ developed the world's first civilization.
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Sumerians
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Sumerians believed that the ________________ could bring a good harvest or a terrible flood.
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Gods
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Farmers and laborers made up the Sumerian __________________________ class.
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larger working class
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Sumerian city centers were dominated by _________________________.
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Temples
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The city state of _________________________________ rose to power after the death of Sargon I.
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Ur

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A large arc of fertile farmland.

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Fertile Crescent
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A mix of rich soil and small rocks.
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Silt
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Human made waterways.
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Canals
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A city and its surrounding countryside.
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city states
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Land with different territories under a single rule.
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Empire
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The worship of many gods is
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POLYTHEISM
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A division of society by rank or class is
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society hierarchy
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Picture symbols used for written communiation
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Pictograph
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Long poems that tell the story of a hero
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Epic
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A wheeled, horse-drawn battle cart
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Chariot
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