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Metalworkers, bricklayers, soldiers, farmers, weavers, singers and dancers are examples of

Which of the following was NOT a topic of early writing?

Temples, palaces, wall paintings, mosaics, pottery and statues are types of 

Complex religions include all of the following EXCEPT

The rise of _____________ (urbanization) was the main feature of civilization.

Irrigation systems, roads, bridges and defensive walls are

__________ issued laws, collected taxes, organized government projects and defense systems.

The arable land of Mesopotamia is referred to as the Fertile

The Sumerian Epic of ________ describes a great flood that destroys the world.

Conditions in the river valleys favored

___________ was the early river valley civilization to form near the Tigris & Euphrates Rivers.

Mesopotamia means the land between

Cuneiform comes from the Latin word for _____ because of the marks made in clay by scribes.

A _________ is an ancient Sumerian temple dedicated to a city's god or goddess.

A majority of cuneiform recorded information about

The earliest civilizations developed near 

Ancient Sumerian writing was called

People were ranked into social classes according to their

Early ____________ included pictographs that represented objects.

Polytheism is a belief in