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The lang once called Mesopotamina is located in
C. The middle east
The term Mesopotamia means
B. Land between two rivers
The western end of the Fertile Crescent touches the
B. Persian gulf
The first civilization to arise in Mesopotamia was that of the
C. Sumerians
The Tigris and Euphrates rivers run through the present-day
B. Iraq
The peoples of Mesopotamia
B. were open to invasion
Suppose Mesopotamia had been protected by natural barriers as Egypt was. Do you think so many different civilizations would still have arisen there? Why or why not?
Yes, because they would have barrier but more barrier
1. Sumerian writing
C. Cuneiform
2. First people to live in Mesopotamia?
F. Sumerians
3. Sumerian temple?
H. Ziggurat
4. Pointed stick using for writing
G. Stylus