A Mess in Mesopotamia

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1.    Describe the streets in a typical Sumerian city-state.

2.    Which city-state in ancient Sumer was probably one of the most important? Why do you think this was this so?

3.    What was the climate of ancient Mesopotamia like? How did that affect the way people lived?

4.    Name two major rivers of Mesopotamia. Why did the people of this land depend on these rivers for survival?

5.    What was the purpose of the ziggurat? Why do you think it was so high above the city-state?