#1. How did the Tigris and Euphrates rivers make the growth of civilization Mesopotamia possible? #2. INTERPRET MAPS What forms the borders of Mesopotamia?

#3. IDENTIFY MAIN IDEAS What new methods and technology did farmers in

#4. Does Mesopotamia use to take advantage of the fertile soil?

#5. How did the organization of Sumerian society affect the way different roles were viewed by others?

#6. In what ways did the rivers support agriculture and the city-states?

#7. How did food surpluses encourage local and

long-distance trade?

#8. What religious practices did Sumerians observe to serve and please their gods?

#9. what does superhuman means?

#10. Why do you think Sumerians thought that cleansing was necessary before entering shrines?