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•The first civilizations developed along.. |
Rivers |
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Rivers offered the following advantages: |
•Water Source •Trade •Arable (Fertile) Farmland •Protection |
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•River Valley Civilization included: |
•Mesopotamia •Egypt •Indus River Valley •China |
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Mesopotamia also known as.. |
The fertile crescent |
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Mesopotamia is located in.. |
The Middle East |
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The first civilizations were created in.. |
The Middle East |
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Mesopotamia means.. |
"The land between rivers" |
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Mesopotamia means the land between rivers, what are these rivers called? |
The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers |
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Today, Mesopotamia is known as? |
Present day Iraq |
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What did the Mesopotamians invent? |
The wheel, plow and the first system of writing |
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The first system of writing is called? |
Cuneiform, which is use in trade |
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Mesopotamia featured advance cities featuring what? |
Temples |
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What is another word for temples? |
Ziggurats |
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The mesopotamian city was split into what? |
Social classes |
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Name the civilizations that made up Mesopotamia. |
•The Sumerians •The Assyrians •The Babylonians |
