The Sumerians

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The first settlers built farming villages along these two rivers: Tigris and Euphrates, Nile and Edisto.

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Tigris and Euphrates

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Crops, homes, and livestock were swept away by

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unexpected and violent floods

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Flooded rivers were filled with silt or

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small particles of soil and tiny rocks

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Farmers learned to control the rivers by using irrigation techniques.

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irrigation techniques

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As the cities grew, they gained political and economic control over the lands around them. By doing this, they formed

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city-states

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People in Sumer were divided into

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social classes

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Sumerians created a way of writing called

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cuneiform

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After years of training, some students became ___________or official record keepers.

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scribes

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The world's oldest known story is from Sumer; this story is called the

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Epic of Gilgamesh

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An epic is a

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long poem that tells the story of a hero.