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What Does Artisans Mean?*Hint Artist.
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Skilled Worker.
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What does Ziggurat mean?
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A temple at the center of each Sumerian city.
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What does Priest-king mean?
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They were the kings of Sumerian city-states but they were also priests.
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What Does Empire mean?
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Group of states under one ruler.
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What does reform mean?
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Improvment.
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Give some examples of things that were invented in Mesopatamia.
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Wheel, writing, written down laws, plow, sailboat, 12 month calendar, 60 second/minuite time, and the first working clock
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Each Sumerian city-state had its own what?
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God and Government.
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What does Cuneiform mean?
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Sumerian writing.
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What does Scribe mean?
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A writer.
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Around what year B.C. did the power of Sumer begin to fade?
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2400 B.C.
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What Two people conquered Mesopetamia?
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Sargon I and Hammurabi.
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Around what year did groups of people begin migrating to Mesopatamia?
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4000 B.C.
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What kind of people were Sumerians?
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Short, Stocky, and black haired.
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What kind of houses did the high class Sumerians have?
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Two story in the center of the city.
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Who were the first to control the enviroment?
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The Sumerians.
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What is the name of one the most famous Priest-Kings?
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Gilgamesh.
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What does Hereditary mean?
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Passed dowm form parent to child.
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Who were the only ones that could know the will of the gods?
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Priests.
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Why did Writing develope?
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People had to keep track of business deals.
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What does Surplus mean?
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Extra.
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