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The Rise of Sumerian City-States
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- 1irrigationa means of supplying land with water
- 2layerA substance that lies between or above other things
- 3Leveea wall of earth built to prevent a river
- 4MaintainingFlip card maintainingto keep something in good condition by making necessary repairs
- 5materialMesopotamia
- 6siltfine particles of rock
- 7Sumeran area in southern Mesopotamia, where cities first appeared
- 8Tigris Riverone of the two largest rivers in Southwest Asia that flow from the mountains in Turkey to the Persian Gulf
- 9Euphrates Riverone of the two largest rivers in Southwest Asia that flow from the mountains in Turkey to the Persian Gulf
- 10city-stateAn early city that was like a small, independent country with its own laws and government
- 11MesopotamiaThe geographic area located between the Tigris and the Euphrates River
- 12Difficulties living in mesopotamia1.There was little rain. The Mesopotamians were farmers and their farms needed water
2.Little on lack of resources - 13Four major problems1.Food shortages in the hill
2.Uncontrolled water Supply
3.Difficulties in building & maintaining water systems
4.Attacks by neighboring communities - 14Problems in the Zagros Foothills:Before Problems1.Peope in some areas of the world began farming
2.One area with good conditions for growing crops was the rolling foothills of the zagros mountains in northern Mesopotamia
3.Mild weather and plentiful rains made the foot hills a good place to farm - 15Zagros foothills:Problems1.Some historians believe that by 5000 B.C.E,farmers in the Zagros Foothills did not have enough land to grow food for the increasing population
2. Villages began to suffer from food shotages
3. Below the foothills and to the south,the Euphrates and tigris rivers ran through flat plains - 16Solutions to food shortages1.In the spring both of the rivers flooded bringing precious water to the land
2.Farms could be succesful being near both of the rivers
3.Driven by need to grow food,people moved out of the foothills and on to the plains - 17The region became known as_______Sumer
- 18The sumerians defended them selves by....building walls and moats around their cities
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