Ancient Mesopotamia 2021

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The ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia arose in a region that is part of what present-day country?

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Iraq

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Why were the Sumerians able to develop the different kinds of job skills needed to have a civilization?

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Food surpluses allowed people do other work than farming

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What was the main building material of the ancient Sumerians?

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Mud

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According to the ancient Sumerians, why did the gods create humans?

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They made people work for them

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Who had the most power in Sumerian society?

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Priests

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What common item of life today was invented by the Sumerians?

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The wheel

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What was the purpose of a ziggurat?

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Both a place for religious services and a "city-hall" from which priests rule the city state.

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Definition of a city-state?

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A city and its surrounding farmland

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Who replaced priests as the leaders of Sumer?

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Kings

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Why was Mesopotamia such a good place for growing crops?

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The flooding rivers deposited silt on the land