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| what makes a "city-state'' a "city-state?" | walled off, had own laws and government, and acted like an independent country |
| Mesopotamia is found between which 2 rivers? | Euphrates and Tigris river |
| how did the people living in the Zagros foothills have an advantage for farming? | lots of rain; good conditions for crops |
| Describe Sumer's enviroment | dry ad hot most of the time with little rain; rivers flood in the spring. |
| What contributed to the flooding of rivers? | rain and melted sow from the mountains |
| Why was farming difficult in Sumer? | the soil was hard and dry, the winds were strong and dusty. |
| people in te Zagros foothills had food shortages. How did they fix this? | They moved south to the plains of Sumer. |
| Why did the people of the Zagros foothills start having food shortages? | the population grew too large |
| Dams and resoviors were used for | storing the water to use later |
| What as the purpose of levees? | to prevent a river from flooding |
| Wy did the people of Sumer need each other? | because the irrigation systems ran through other's villages, so they worked together for the common good. |
| What was the problem with their irrigation systems? | They stretched across villageboundaries and needed to be constantly cleaned |
| Sumerian Farming villages grew into | city-states |
| How did people defend their cities from enemies? | built walls around the city, and dug moats. |
