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GRA 8.2
Guided Reading Activity
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Mesoootamian Civilization
18-20
MAIN IDEA
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Name
Civilization in Mesopotamia began in the valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
What Were City-States?
1.
Itwashardto
fCoVtl
from one Sumerian
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g1{
to another.
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2. Each Sumerian Ci
and the l4nd
around it became a city_state.
3. Each city-state had its own Ab{et n yhen+
4. city-statesoftenwentrom
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5. cities built rJalls
for protection, made a brick
t rn,l I
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a. There wasn't much Storr€o, tvbod
to build with.
* 6. The bricks were made or fnUd
and fee4J
, then baked in the
3Un , untiltheywerehard*o J^fafil
so: wfur u i/t,W**rWd,/
Gods and
i.
Rufers
The Sumerians believed
a.
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in fY\o f\V
sods.
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The belief in many gods is called polltheism.
8. Topleasetheirgods,theybuiltrrug" fgmPle5
a. Theword zigguratmeans
tOU^tO',*
"itn"r
heaven
9. At the very top of each ziggvatwas a .5 hfin<-
PIieoiL-
*
-*ff^ta
aoo
called
3111q\)fatS
qOffi
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",
(a special place of worship) that only
could enter,
10. Priests were so important, they may even have
been f
lefS
r,L
at one ttme.
Sumerian Ziggurat (pictures at the bottom of page 19)
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1.
Close to.the ziggurat were important buildings,
12. The ziggurat also was the
city's
1a
fite
Pa
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ad.ej
t
tJ. Priests reached the top level of the zigguratby
(where it kept its treasure).
ciimbing
.*ai fS
u bOX
14. Check out the Royal Standard of Ur, which shows the side of
middle are carrying
5uJDcds
and royal (for a king)
. The men in the
, and the wagons on the bottom are loaded with