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Mesopotamia and the sumerians
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History
8th Grade
12/11/2011

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Mesopotamia
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the eastern part of the fertile cresant
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Tigris river
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one of the two rivers that borders the edge of Mesopotamia
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Euphrates river
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the other river that made up the border of mesopotamia
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fertile crescent
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the region that included parts ofthe modern nations of isreal, jordon, lebanon, turkey syria, and iraq.
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Sumerians
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people from eitheir central asia or asia minor
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ziggurat
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a temple made of sun dried brick and decorated with coloured tile, they were built in city-states.
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city-state
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the city itself and the land surronding it
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cuneiform
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the summerians form of writing
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summerians invensions
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they created the sturdier buildings , the potters wheel, and the sundial
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babylonian empire
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babylonian social class
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hammurabi
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the ruler that cam
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hammurabi's code
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