Meso. Flashcards

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What two seas is it near?

A

Mediterranean and Red Sea

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What two rivers is Mesopatamia near?

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Tigris and Euphrates

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What is the writing if the Sumerians?

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Cuneiform

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What were the villages called

A

City-states

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To help water crops and control the flooding of the Tigris and Euphartes they used _______

A

Irrigation

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5
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Sumerians based their number systems on ______

A

60

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Around 2340 BC Sargon made the first _______

A

Empire

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A curving strip of good land to farm on.

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Fertile Crescent

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8
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Define artisan

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Skilled craftsmen

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Define scribe

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Record keeper

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