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what is at the center of mankind's first civilization
city of ur
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people of sumer called
sumerians
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what did sumerians invent
writing, mathematics, wheel, and large cities
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do taurus mountains of turkey have a high or low rate of rainfall
high
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a landscape shaped by water
the geography and beliefs
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mesopotamia
Water from Armenian mountains flows to create a vast flood plain
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Bilad al-Rafidayn
the land of two rivers
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mesos
middle
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potamos
river
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what does mesopotamia literally mean
the land between the rivers
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what is the perfect habitat for most plants
soil with high silt
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true or false: Soil with a high silt content does not tend to hold water better
false
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which two rivers transport vast amounts of silt
tigris and euphrates
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where do tigris and euphrates transport vast amounts of silt
iraq
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is silt inhospitalable
yes
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where is the nile consistently supplied
great lakes of africa
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what does tigris and euphrates depend on
rain from mountains
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ubaid period
several thousand years of settlement down river
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what happened 13000 years ago
hunter-gatherers settle down and spread out over s. iraq
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irrigation and canals
channels to divert the water inland
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what are three things that were harvested during the ubaid period
Wheat, millet, garlic
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what is at the deltas of the tigris and euphrates
thickets of reeds
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where is the thickets of reeds at the deltas of tigris and euphrates
southern, marshy landscape that the greatest sumerian cities rose
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Mesopotamia populated by two peoples:
Sumerians and Akkadians
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what type of relationship were mesopotamia people
symbiotic relationship
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what type of language did akkadians speak
semetic language
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which language group is indigenous to the region
amaramic, hebrew, and arabic
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true or false: sumerians are incredibly mysterious
true
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language isolate
no relationship to the language groups around them
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oannes
half-man half-fish
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what happens after oannes teach secrets to others
leap into the sea and swim away
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where is sumerian history dominated from
apocalyptic event
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what types of myths are the longest continual stories told in human history
flood myths
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pleistocene
12500 years ago
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how much of the coastline shrinks per day in sumeria
1 feet a day
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when did temperatures stabilized
5000 BC
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if history is not a rigid set of facts, what is it?
a continual process of inquiry and debate
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what are the key aspects of civilization
cow worship, goddesses
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Who was Pietro della Valle and what did he discover?
searched ruins and discovered clay tablets.
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Why are the Taurus mountains important?
lots of rainfall for Mesopotamia
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Where in the world do we see flood stories?
india, greece, maya
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