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what did the people of mesopotamia look like?
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short, stocky, and had black hair.
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what is the earliest known civilization?
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the sumer civilization.
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what does the word levees mean?
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raised areas of soil.
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what is irrigation?
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it was when mesopotamians poked holes in their levees so that the water got through and watered all of their crops.
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what did the sumerians use to build their houses?
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they mixed mud from the river with crushed reeds to make bricks.
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what is a city-state?
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cities and the surrounding territories.
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why were the gates closed at night in sumer?
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to keep out the lions and bandits.
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where did the upper-class live?
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they lived towards the center of the city in a two-floored house.the upper class included priests and merchants.
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where did the middle-class live?
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right outside of the upper-class people and they lived in one floored homes.
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where did the lower-class people live?
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on the outside of the city and lived in one floored small houses. people in the lower class included people who made a living from fishing.
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who conquered the sumerians and created the world's first empire?
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sargon I
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what was mesopotamia known as?
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"the cradle of civilization"
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what was mesopotamian writing called?
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cuneiform
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why did the people of mesopotamia invent writing?
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they needed to keep records for things such as how much grain each farmer grew
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what did their writing turn into after first being created as pictures?
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wedge shaped symbols
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what did they use to write?
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a stylus
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what did they cut stylus's from?
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reeves along the river
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what did they write on?
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clay tablets
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how did they preserve their writing?
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by patting it into square-shaped tablets then putting them out in the sun to dry
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how long does it take to become a scribe?
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12 years
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