Mesopotamia and agriculture

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What does it mean Mesopotamia?

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Between rivers

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Which two rivers were important in Mesopotamia?

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Euphrates and Tigris

Front

Early Mesopotamian farmers discovered ___________ or ways to move water across land.

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Irrigation

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Division of labour greatly changed society. What developed because groups of people had different levels of responsibility?

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Social classes

Front

What is a ziggurat?

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A temple.

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Many villages produced ___________ food, or more than they needed.

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Surplus

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The Sumerian had a ___________ religion.

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politheist

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What does it mean politheist?

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Several gods

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The mesopotamian writing system is called __________.

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Cuneiform

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Objects that were discovered during the mesopotamian period: Writing, fire, bronze. Bronze, wheel, plough. Plough, writing, gathering. Arithmetic, writing, TV.

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Bronze, wheel, plough.