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| what is the meaning of Mesopotamia? | land between rivers
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| why was each city surrounded by a wall with a bronze gate? | to keep out lions and bandits
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| what were the names of the twin rivers? | the Tigris, and Euphrates
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| what is the temple in the middle of each Sumerian city called? | Ziggurat
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| what does ziggurat mean? | mountain of god, or hill of heaven
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| sumerians believed that all forces of nature were viewed as? | gods
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| what was the name of one of the famous priest- kings who searched for a way to live forever? | Gilgamesh
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| what were the people who settled in Mesopotamia about 3500 b.c. called? | Sumerians
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| what was the chief crop in Sumer? | barley
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| what were humans put on earth to do? | please the gods
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| what was the writing made out of wedge- shaped markings called? | cuneiform
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| why was writing developed? | because people had to keep track of business deals
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| often one city state would go to war with one another over? | boundary disputes
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| the twin rivers would flood and leave behind what? | natural leeves
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| what is the fertile area around Mesopotamia called? | fertile cresent
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