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The wheel
The plow
Writing
Horse -drawn buggy
Nomadic hunting and gatherering
Trading over long distances
Founding new city-states
Farming and domestication of animals
The rivers flooded and deposited rich soil.
The land was covered with heavy vegetation.
The area did not have any agricultural pests.
The rivers flooded, making it easier for planters to pull out weeds that might harm crops.
They built terraces on the mountains.
They dug irrigation ditches and built levees.
They rotated farming with nomadic herding.
They diverted the flow of the rivers into other areas.
A large, feather pen that they dipped in ink
A darkened reed that they dipped into a mixture of charcoal and water
A sharpened piece of reed, called a stylus, used on clay tablets
A slender piece of wood that they dipped into colorful dyes
It allowed the Sumerians to keep track of time.
It controlled the irrigation devices to prevent flooding.
It made people more dependent on human strength for transportation.
It gave the Sumerians more freedom of movement.
Priest
A scribe
The upper class
Soldiers
They protected the city from invaders.
They were built as tombs for the kings.
They were built as temples to honor the gods and goddesses.
Scrolls that documented Mesopotamian history were encased in ziggurats.
Priest, Upper Class, Lower Class, Slaves
Slaves, Priest, Scribes, Lower Class
Scribes, Priest, Upper Class, Merchants
King, Slaves, Lower Class, Priest
Babylon, Sumer, Assyria
Assyria, Babylon, Sumer
Ur, Babylon, Sumer
Sumer, Babylon, Assyria
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Region
Human-Environmental Interaction
Movement
Absolute Location
Relative Location
Physical Characteristics of Place
Human Characteristics of Place
Movement
Human Characteristics of Place
Region
Location
Human Characteristics of Place
Movement
Location
Human- Environmental Interaction
Physical Characteristics of Place
Relative Location
Movement
Region
Iraq
Iran
Japan
Africa
The code allowed priest to do what they wanted to.
The code helped parents make sure their kids behaved.
The code was designed to ensure everyone behaved appropriately in Babylon.
The code was Hammurabi's way of being mean to his people.
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