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Garden of Eden…

Watch this video for homework (#7). Then, answer the following questions…

Questions:

  1. When did Sumerians settle in the Fertile Crescent?
  2. How did Sumerians bring water to their dry land?
  3. What was the center of Sumerian City life?
  4. What was a ziggurat?
  5. What was one of the greatest contribution of Sumerian culture?
  6. Where is modern day Mespotomia?
  7. What was the Sumerian contribution to architecture?
  8. Where did Sumerians write?
  9. How did Sumeria become Babylonia?
  10.  Who was the King of Babylonia?
  11.  What are the hanging gardens of Babylon? (You will have to Google this for more information)
  12.  Why are there no major cities there now?
  13.  Why is ancient Mesopotamia important?

DUE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16 by 7 p.m.

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  1. sebastian.j
    November 15, 2009 at 8:19 pm

    1.2700 b.c.e
    2.there was a river near by
    3.there was a temple in the center
    4. a ziggerate is a temple
    5.the wheel
    6.mordorn day mesopatina is iraq
    7.the arch
    8.they worte in clay
    9.they got conqured

  2. isaiah daniel
    October 20, 2009 at 6:05 am

    . a temple
    . a temple in the midal of there town
    .the first goverment
    . in Babylonia
    they made arches
    on tablits
    the king united the population and called it babolon
    . Hammurabi
    . a series of terraces on the shores of the euphrates riverws

  3. priscilla s.
    October 19, 2009 at 7:59 pm

    1.185Os
    2.the sumerians bought water by diging ditches and brought water to there dry land.
    3.the temple was the center of the sumerias city life.
    4.temple
    5.the greastest contribution was the wheel.
    6.the modern day Iraq and Iran.
    7.25OO b.c the sumericans devloped the principle of the arch.
    8.sumerias writing was used for keeping track of bisness.made of clay tablets in the temples.
    9.in 23OO b.c the seminites becamee domonate in the land of the sumerian.by
    19OO b.c sumerians were absoverved in the population then in 175O b.c they became apart of the policaly uniticed empire created by king hammurabi.
    1O.king hummurabi.
    11.alliance two nations a wonderful citys in the ancient times till this day.
    12.the water in the river valley lead to a coroted city and little by little over time started to distory the cities.beside barley no people live there anymore.
    13.many things we have in todays modern we wouldnt have if it wasnt for sumerians because the wheel which leads to car inventions and other transportations.also created the 1st cites.

    • October 20, 2009 at 11:07 am

      Please recheck your answer to question 1.

  4. Stephanie.m
    October 19, 2009 at 7:23 pm

    1.They settled around the time 27,000B.C.
    2.They built complex irrigating systems and dug ditches,to this day they use this system.
    3.The temple was the main part of Sumerian life.
    4.The name of the temple was the ziggurat .
    5.The greatest contribution were the seals used to mark territory or land.
    6.Sumeria is now Iraq
    7.the arch was the the contribution
    8.Wrote on clay tablets
    9. had large population although separated. they were united by the Babylonian empire.
    10.King Hammurabi
    11.The hanging gardens of Babylon, was a large amount of terraces throughout area
    12.Experts believe that after a while the irrigation system they had became faulty giving salt into the water causing everything to dry up.
    13.Mesopotamia was important because if it weren’t for them, society as we know it wouldn’t of existed

  5. Bianca A
    October 19, 2009 at 6:58 pm

    1) around 2700 B.C
    2) They dug ditches and brought river water t their dry lands .
    3)The temple
    4) Another temple
    5) The wheel , which helped them get around ( transportation ]
    6) North Eastern Asia minor
    7) The principal of the Arc
    8) Clay Tabletss .
    9)Created by the king Hammurabi , a political unified empire called Babylonia.
    10) King Hmmurabi .
    11)It’s one of the original Seven Wonders of the worldd.
    12) Because of the increased salt and soil
    13) It was important because they invented the wheel , the first laws , also the first writing on clay and the first cities .

  6. Maritza.R
    October 18, 2009 at 12:58 pm

    1.The sumerians settle in the fertile cresent in 2700B.C
    2.Sumerians dug ditches which brought water to their dry land
    3.The temple
    4.It was a temple.that they worship
    5.The wheel that was use for transportation
    6.It was iraq,middle east.
    7.the prinipal of the arch
    8.clay tablets
    9.King Hammurabi created an empire called BABYLONIA.
    10.king Hammurabi
    11.It was covered in plants and trees.One of the 7 wonders in the ancient world.
    12..Irrigation increased the amount of salt in the soil.Which ruined the agriculture
    13.They inveted the wheel,writing.first cities,laws

  7. Ronny A
    October 17, 2009 at 6:31 pm

    1. 2700 B.C
    2. Sumerians dug ditches and than brought the river water to their land
    3. The center of Sumerian City life was the temple
    4. A ziggurat was a temple
    5. One of the greatest contribution of Sumerian culture was the wheel
    6. Iraq
    7. The principal of the arch was a contribution to architecture by the Sumerians
    8. The Sumerians wrote on clay tablets
    9. The king at the time,Hammurabi created the empire Babylon
    10. King Hammurabi
    11. The hanging gardens are “considered to be one of the original Seven Wonders of the Ancient World”
    12. The amount of salt in the soil that they used for growing was ruined, and without growth there cant be life
    13. Ancient Mesopotamia was very important, because they invented the wheel which is used very often today, and it was the first civilization

  8. Anthony Z.
    October 17, 2009 at 4:16 pm

    1. The Sumerians settle in the Fertile Crescent in the 1850s.

    2.They dug ditches and brough water to their dry lands by cannal systems.

    3.The temple was the center of Sumerian City life.

    4. A ziggurat was another temple that they workship.

    5.Merchants trading goods and they also used cuagons for transportation whih was called “The Wheel” one of the greatest contribution of Sumerian culture.

    6. Modern day Iraq and Iran.

    7.The Sumerian made bridges and temples.

    8.The Sumerians used to write in clay.

    9. The king created the empire called Babylonia.

    10.The King of Babylonia was King Hummurabi.

    11. Its considered to be the one of the original seven wonders of Ancient worlds and were bulit by the Chaldean King.

    12.There are no major cities because the the agriculture was ruined.

    13. Mesopatamia was important because they had a lot of inventions and had and interesting culture.

  9. Ashit S.
    October 17, 2009 at 12:18 pm

    1. 2700 BC
    2. They dug ditches. That way a lot of the water from the rivers went to the cities and then water was always available near by.
    3. The temple.
    4. It was another temple. Each city state was organized around the worship of the Diaty whose home was the Ziggurat.
    5. It was the wheel and that was for transportation.
    6. It is in the Middle East. It is Iraq.
    7. Some made statues and some were pottery makers. They also made bridges and temples.
    8. On clay tablets.
    9. The Semites became a large population on where the Sumerains lived and then King Hammurabi created an unified empire called Babylonia.
    11. It is one of the original Seven Wonders of the World and it was built in around 600 BC by King Nebuehadnezzar ll.
    12. Because the methods of irrigation could have increased the amt. of salt in the soil until agriculture was ruined.
    13. Because it was one of the first civilizations and the Summerians had invented the wheel which has helped us make cars, trains, airplanes, and other necessary tools today.

  10. Emely R.
    October 16, 2009 at 9:01 pm

    1.The Sumerians settled in the fertile crescent around 2700 BC.
    2.The Sumerians dug ditches to bring water into their land.
    3.The center of the Sumerian city life was the temple.
    4.The Ziggurat was a temple.
    5.The greatest contribution was the wheel.
    6.Modern day Mesopotamia is now Iraq and is located on the fertile crescent.
    7.The contribution to architecture is the principle of the arch which is now used in bridges and more.
    8.The Sumerians would write on clay tablets.
    9.The Sumerians were absorbed by the population and so a poltically unified empire was created by the following king.
    10.The king of Babylonia was the creator of this politically unified empire and also the builder of the empire of Mesopotamia, Sirea , and Asia minor.
    11.The Hanging Gardens of Babylon werea present to Nebuchadnezzar’s wife that had different plants and animals which came and/or were imported from all over the world. It is considered to be one of the seven wonders of the world.
    12.There are no major cities now because irrigation increased the amount of salt in the soil which caused the agriculture to ruin.
    13. Ancient Mesopotamia is or was important because it let things like cities,laws,writing and the wheel be possible.

  11. Karen G.
    October 16, 2009 at 8:33 pm

    1.2700 B.C.

    2. They Dug ditches to bring water from the river to their land.

    3. The Temple.

    4. A Ziggurat was a temple.

    5.The Wheel. It was used for transportation.

    6. It is located in Babylonia.

    7. The Principal of the Arch.

    8. They wrote on Clay tablets.

    9. In 1750 B.C, King Hammurabi created a political unified empire called Babylonia.

    10. King Hummurabi.

    11. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon is Towers covered in plants and trees.
    It is one of the seven wonders in the Ancient world.

    12. Mesopotamia’s method of irrigation increased the amount of salt in the soil until agriculture was ruined and without it the cities died out.

    13. They were important because they created the wheel, writing, the first cities , the first laws and many other things.

  12. Danise C.
    October 16, 2009 at 7:27 pm

    1. Sumerians settled in the fertile crescant in 2700BC.
    2.Sumerians built ditches and canal sytems to ring water to thier land.
    3.The center of sumerians city life was the temple.
    4.A Ziggurat was a temple where they worshiped around the deiti.
    5.The wheel was one of the greatest contriution of sumerian culture.
    6.Modern day mespotomia is Iraq.
    7.The principle of the arch a method of expanding and opening walls was the contriution to architecture.
    8.Sumerians wrote on clay tablets.
    9.Sumeria became Babyloni because semites came ad took over sumeria the semite king took over and he changed the name to Babylonia.
    10.T he king of Babylonia was king Hammurabi.
    11.The hanging garden of Babylon uilt y king neuchadnezzer tocheer up his wife who was depressed because of the dried hot mespotomia. So he built her a artificial mountain with rooftop gardens.
    12.There areno cities now because the method of iirigation they used increased the amount of salt present in the soil until agriculture was ruined killing the cities off.
    13.Mesopotamia built a foundation for later complex civilizations.

  13. Sydney G.
    October 16, 2009 at 7:27 pm

    1. Around the 1850’s
    2. they brought river water and dug ditches.
    3.The temple
    4. another temple
    5. the wheel
    6. Babylonia, Iraq
    7. the principle of the arch
    8. the clay tablites
    9. by 2300 B.C the semites became dominate with the sumerians and also because of king hammarabi.
    10. king hammarabi
    11. out of the seven wonders of the world, the hanging garden was one of them.
    12. the ariculture was ruined because of the increaseof salt in the soil.
    13. the reason why mesopitamia was so important because it was the first civilization.

    • October 16, 2009 at 9:47 pm

      Sydney, please recheck your answer to question #1.

  14. Pedro E.
    October 16, 2009 at 7:05 pm

    7. The principal of the arch was the Sumerian contribution to architecture.

  15. Pedro E.
    October 16, 2009 at 7:02 pm

    1. They settled around 2700 BC
    2.They dug ditches and brought river water to their dry land
    3.The temple was the center of their city life
    4. A ziggurat was a temple.
    5. One of the greatest contributions of their culture is the wheel.
    6. Modern day mespotomia was in Babylon
    7.
    8. Sumerians wrote on clay tablets
    9.By 1900 BC Sumerians had become absorbed into the Semitic Population then in 1750 BC the people become part of a politically unified empire
    10. The king of Babylonia was King Hammurabi
    11. The hanging gardens of Babylon was a series of terraces on the shores of the Euphrates River.
    12. Mesopotamia’s method of irrigation increased the amount of salt in the soil until agriculture was ruined and without it the cities died out.
    13. Ancient Mesopotamia Is important beacause they invented the wheel,writing,the first cities,and the first law.

  16. October 16, 2009 at 7:01 pm

    on #1 i meant to say brung not rung

  17. Alvaro.T
    October 16, 2009 at 6:53 pm

    1. 2700 BC is when the Sumerians settled in Fertile Crescent.
    2. They dug ditches which rung the river water to their land.
    3. The Temple was the center of Sumerian city life.
    4. A temple.
    5. The wheel was the greatest contribution to Sumerian culture.
    6. Modern day Mesopotamia is in Babylonia.
    7. The principal of the arch was the Sumerian contribution to architecture.
    8. Sumerians wrote on clay. 9. In 1900 BC the summerians had become part of the semitic population in a political empire made by King Hummurabi
    10.King Hummurabi
    11. The Hanging Gardens were one of the seven wonders
    12. Their way of irrigration caused the salt and agriculture so the cities were ruined.
    13. Ancient Mesopotamia was important because they invented the wheel the first laws first writing and the first cities.

  18. Melissa O.
    October 16, 2009 at 6:46 pm

    1. Sumerians settled in The Fertile Crescent around 2700 B.C
    2. The Sumerians dug ditches to bring water from the river to their land.
    3. The center of the Sumerian life was the Temple.
    4. A Ziggurat was a temple.
    5. The biggest contribution was The Wheel because it was used for transportation.
    6. Modern day Mesopotamia is located in Babylonia.
    7. The principal of the Arch.
    8. They wrote on cylinder seals and clay tablets.
    9. King Hummurabi created the empire called Babylonia.
    10.The king of Babylonia was King Hummurabi.
    11. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon are one of the seven wonders in the world.
    12. The Mesopotamia’s irrigation methods had increased the amount of salt in the soild and the agriculture was ruined.
    13. They were important because they created the wheel, writing, the first cities , the first laws and many other things :)

    • Melissa O.
      October 16, 2009 at 6:47 pm

      In number 12 I meant to say Soil not solid.

  19. Michelle O (10)
    October 16, 2009 at 6:18 pm

    1) They settled in the Fertile Crescent around 2700 B.C
    2) The had dug ditches that brought water from the river to their land
    3) The center of their city life was the temple
    4) The Ziggurat was a temple
    5) The biggest contribution was The Wheel, which was used for transportation.
    6) It is located in Babylonia or Iraq
    7) The Principal Arch
    8) They wrote on cylinder seals and clay tablets
    9) In 1900 B. C the summerians had become part of the semitic population, in a political empire created by King Hummurabi
    10) The king was King Hummurabi
    11) The hanging gardens were 1 of the seven wonders of the ancient word
    12) Their way of irrigration increased the amount of salt and the agriculture and cities were ruined.
    13) Ancient Mesopotamia was important because they were the first ones to invent the wheel , the first laws, first writing, and the first cities

  20. Vladimir
    October 16, 2009 at 5:50 pm

    1. 2700 B.C.
    2. They dug ditches to get water.
    3. It was a temple.
    4. It was another temple but for the Sumerians.
    5. The Wheel.
    6. It is located in Babylonia.
    7. The Principal of Arch.
    8. Clay Tablets.
    9. They were absorbed by the Semites and then became a political unified empire called Babyloin.
    10. King Hammurabai.
    11. They were one of the original Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
    12. Their method of irrigationincreased the amount of salt and then archiculture was ruined and cities were destroyed.
    13. Ancient Mesopotamia was important because they were the first who invented the first wheel, first writing, first laws, first cities, and the first libraries.

  21. Juviana N.
    October 16, 2009 at 1:00 am

    1. 2700 bc
    2. they dub up the ditches and brought the river water into it.
    3. The temple
    4. another temple
    5. the wheel
    6. baylonia
    7.sumerian contribution
    8. clay tablets
    9. by the king hammurabi.
    10. king hammurab
    11. a terrace
    12. because they couldnt do agriculture
    13. becuase it was the first anciet civilization there.

  22. Fernando M.
    October 15, 2009 at 11:42 pm

    1. it was in 2700 b.c .
    2. they digged ditches in order to bring river water to their dry land .
    3. the tempal was the center of the city life .
    4. it was a really big tempal where everyone had gathered around.
    5. it was the “wheel” that was the greatest contribution .
    6. dont know
    7. its when they sanding and opening up a wall .
    8. it was written on a tablet or clay.
    9. the semites toke over the Sumerians and became a new empire .
    10. the king was “Hammurabi.”
    11. it was the seven wonders of the world built by the king Nebuchadnezzar II
    12. something that has to do with the salt and also when the agriculture was ruined and have died out .
    13. it was important because it was the invention of the laws n the “wheel.”

  23. Shannon Y.
    October 15, 2009 at 11:17 pm

    1) The Sumerians settled in the Fertile Cresent around 2700 B.C.
    2) The Sumerians had dug ditches and brought water from the rivers to their land.
    3) The center of the Sumerians City life was the Temple.
    4) The Ziggurat was a temple for the Sumerians.
    5) The greatest contribution of Sumerian culture was The Wheel used for transportation.
    6) Modern day Mesopotamia is located in Babylonia otherwise Iraq.
    7) The principle of arch was the contribution of Sumerian architecture.
    8) The Sumerians wrote on Cylinder Seals and Clay Tablets.
    9) Around 1900 B.C. It was said that Sumerians had been absorbed into the population and so when 1750 B.C. came along King Hammurabi created a political unified empire called Babylonia.
    10) The King of Babylonia was King Hammurabi.
    11) The hanging gardens of Babylon was one of the original Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
    12) The method of Mesopotamia’s irrigation had increased the amount of salt in the soil until agriculture had been ruined and without the agriculture the cities had died out.
    13) Ancient Mesopotamia was important because the Sumerians had invented The Wheel, The First Laws, The First Cities, and Writing.

  24. cindy. r
    October 15, 2009 at 11:06 pm

    1.The sumerians settled in the fertile cresent around 2600b.c
    2.The sumerians to thier dry land by duggin ditchies n then they carry water from the closes river
    3.The center of sumerian city life was thier temple
    4.A ziggurat was another temple of the sumerians
    5.The greatest contribution of Sumerian culture was thier wheel
    6.A modern day mepotomia was iraq
    7.The Sumerian contribution to architecture was the principle of arch
    8.The sumerians wrote on clay tablets
    9.The sumerians became Babylonia in 1750b.c when the people became part of a poiltical unified empire created by king Hammurabi
    10.The king of Babylonia was king Hammurabi
    11.The hanngin g gardens of babylon was the seven wonders of the ancient wrold
    12.There are no major cities now because they believed that because of the methods of irrigation could have increased the amount of salt in the soild until argculture was ruien
    13.Ancient Mesopotamia is the first cilvilazation that excisted

  25. Sebastian C.
    October 15, 2009 at 9:15 pm

    1. The mesopotamian’s setlle in the fertile crescent around 2700 B.C.
    2. The mesopotamian’s dug diches this was used to bring water into their dry land.
    3. The center of the sumerians city was their temple.
    4. The ziggurat was the sumerians temple.
    5. The weel was the greatest contribution this weel was used alot during this time period.
    6. mesopotamia now is ethier located in babylon or iraq.
    7. The sumerians contribution to architecture was the arch which they wrote on claytablets.
    8. They wrote on clay tablets
    9. The king made a political unified empire which let the sumerians join.
    10. The king of babylonia was named king hammurabi.
    11. The hanging gardens of babylon were a huge bunch of terrace. This terrace’s were on the shore of the Euphrates river.
    12. There wernt any cities becuase there wasnt anymore architecture.
    13. mesopotamia was important because it was the first ancient civilazation in the whole region.

  26. Edgar T
    October 15, 2009 at 8:54 pm

    1 Around 27 hundred BC.
    2 They have water by the Tigers and Euphrates river.
    3 The center of sumerians city was the temple.
    4 It was a temple.
    5 The wheel was one of the greatest contribution.
    6 Modern day mesopotemia is in Babylonia.
    7 The SUMERIANS contribution was the arch.
    8 They wrote on clay tablets.
    9 By the king Hammurabi.
    10 The king of Babylonia was Hammurabi.
    11 The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, also known as the Hanging Gardens of Semiramis, near present-day Al Hillah, Babil in Iraq, is considered one of the original Seven Wonders of the World. They were built by Nebuchadnezzar II around 600 BC
    12 They didn’t have major cities because the Mesopotamia’s method of irrigation increased the amount of salt in the soil until agriculture was ruined and without agriculture the cities died out.
    13 Ancient Mesopotemia is important because they invented the wheel, laws, cities and writing.

  27. Ugo O.
    October 15, 2009 at 8:52 pm

    1) I think it was 2700 BC
    2) The sumerians dug ditches around there crop to Keep the soil rich
    3) The temple
    4) ziggurat was another temple
    5) The wheel
    6) Iraq
    7) The arch was the contribution of sumerian architecture
    8) They wrote on clay
    9) By a unified empire with King Hammurabi
    10) King Hammurabi
    11) The hanging gardens of babyon is among one of the Original Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
    12) Irrigation incrased the salt in the soil until the ariculture was ruined
    13) Ancient mesopotamia was a solid fution was made up og other conteys

    • Luis R.
      October 15, 2009 at 9:37 pm

      1. The sumerians first populated the area in 2700 bc
      2. The sumerians brought water to their cities with irrigation
      3. The temple was the center for all sumerian city life
      4. The ziggurat was a temple that was home to a deity
      5. The sumerians contributed the wheel to growing western culture
      6.Modern day mesopatamia is iraq,syria and turkey
      7.The sumerians contributed to our culture with the arch principle
      8.Sumerians wrote on clay
      9. the semites fought the sumerians and merged the cultures and creat babylonia
      10.the king of babylonia was king hammurabi
      11. The hanging gardens of babylon were considered the one of the seven wonders of the ancient world
      12. The salt in the river irrigation system ruined agriculture and destroyed the cities
      13. It left a base for later civilizations to be built on

  28. Wilson T.
    October 15, 2009 at 8:47 pm

    13.They were important because they started and invented new things like writing,the first rules,the wheel,cities,,and librarys

  29. Jennifer C.
    October 15, 2009 at 8:47 pm

    1. They settled around 27,000 B.C.
    2. They dug ditches to bring water to their dry land.
    3. The center of Sumerian City life was the temple.
    4. The second temple archeologyst found was the ziggurat.
    5. The wheel was one of the greatest contribution to Sumerian culture.
    6. Modern day Mespotomia is Iraq.
    7. The Sumerian contribution to architecture was the arch.
    8. Sumerians wrote cylinder seal and clay tablets.
    9. The way Sumerian became Babylon was by what they did who were they educated.
    10. The King of Babylonia was hammurabi.
    11.The hanging Gardens of Babylon is a terraced garden at Babylon watered by pumps from the Euphrates.
    12. There are no major cities now because only a few people live there and also it was ruined.
    13. Mesopotamia is important because they first invented the writing, the first laws, the first library, the first cities.

  30. Wilson T.
    October 15, 2009 at 8:44 pm

    1.Sumerians settled in the fertile crescent in the 1850s.
    2.Sumerians would dig and bring the water from the rier to their land
    3.The Temple
    4.A Temple
    5.The Wheel
    6.Was located in Babylonia
    7.The principal
    8.Clay Tablets
    9.Sumerians were being absorbed into the population so then in 1750 King Hammurabi made a unified empire named Babylonia
    10.King Hammurabi
    11.a terraced garden at Babylon watered by pumps from the Euphrates; construction attributed to Nebuchadnezzar around 600 BC
    12.Mesopatamia’s plan of irrigation increased salt in the soil ruining and ending agriculture which leaded too the end of major cities

  31. Jessica M.
    October 15, 2009 at 8:42 pm

    1. They settled around 2700 B.C.
    2. They dug ditches and brought the river water to there land.
    3. The temple was the center of the Sumerian City life.
    4. A ziggurat is another temple that was found by archeologist.
    5. One of the greatest contributions to Samerian culture was the wheel.
    6. Modern day Mespotomia is located in Babylonia.
    7. The principal of the arch.
    8. Samerian’s wrote on clay tablets.
    9. Samerian’s was absorbed into the population, in 1750 B.C. King Hammurabi created an empire called Babylonia.
    10. King Hammurabi was the king of Babylonia.
    11. Towers covered in plants and trees.
    12. Te mesopotaimin’s increased the amount of salt and soil.
    13. Because they were the first ancient civilizations and because they invented the wheel, writing and more.

  32. Gonzalo R
    October 15, 2009 at 8:26 pm

    1.2700bc
    2.they dug ditchesand brought river water to the dry land.
    3.the temple was the center of sumerian life
    4.a ziggurat was another temple
    5.The wheel was one of the greatest contribution to the sumerian life
    6.modern day mespotomia is in iraq
    7.there contribution to architecture was there potery and figures
    8.they used Cylinder Veal and Clay tablets
    9.it became babylonia because king hammurabi took control became dominate
    10.King Hammurabi was the king of babylonia
    11.its a garden full of plants and trees.
    12.it was destroyed and there was no people living there
    13.ancient Mesopotamia was important beacause it was the perfect weather and because of it was were the 1st
    civilizations lived.

  33. Eduardo C.
    October 15, 2009 at 8:15 pm

    1.the Sumerians setteled in 2300 b.c
    2.the Sumerians brought water from the close river
    3.the temple
    4.a ziggarat was a temple
    5.the wheel was the gratest thing that the Sumerians built
    6.it is in babylonia
    7.the principle of the arch
    8.clay tablets
    9.they worked with the population and they made babylonia
    10.nomadi
    11.alot of terraces
    12.the cities died out becuase there was no more salt in the soil
    13.they were important becuase they invented the first weel,the first urigation system and the first laws

  34. AIMEE S.
    October 15, 2009 at 8:14 pm

    1)They settled in 27 hundred BC.
    2)They brought water to their land by the Tigers and Euphrates river.
    3)The center of sumerian was the temple.
    4)Ziggurat was a temple.
    5)One of the grearest contribution to sumerian was the wheel.
    6)Moder day mesopotemia is in Babylonia.
    7)The sumerian contribution is the principleof the arch.
    8)The sumerian wrote on clay tablits and they also used cilinder cils to comunicate.
    9)They became Babylonia by the king hammurabi.
    10)The king of Babylonia was hammurabi.
    12)they did not have cities because most of them had dust and they couldnt do
    agrerculture .
    11)the gardens of babylons was the salt of the euphrate river.
    13)mosepotemia was inportant because befor they couldnt grow crops because of they did not have water so they made diches and river valleys to have water for eveything they needed.

  35. Dayana C.
    October 15, 2009 at 8:12 pm

    1)2700 B.C
    2) Dug Ditches
    3)The temple
    4)the second temple archeologyst found
    5)The Wheel
    6)Iraq
    7) The Arch
    8) Clay Tablets
    9) King Hammurabi created It
    10)The King Of Babylonian
    11)The Hanging Gardens of Babylon are considered one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, because according to descriptions, they reflect an amazing feat of architecture and engineering
    12)increased the amount of salt in the soil until agriculture was ruined and the cities died
    13)Yes it was Important Cause It was where Many things were invented and it is what makes iraq intrestin and beautiful today

  36. Jean.A
    October 15, 2009 at 8:00 pm

    1. They settled in 2700 B.C they settled in the Fertile Crescent.
    2. They dug holes and brought the river water into the dry land.
    3. The Temple was important to Sumerian city life.
    4. The Ziggurat was a temple.
    5. The wheel was one the greatest thing in their culture.
    6. Modern day Mesopotamia is in Babylonia.
    7. The principal of the arch was the Sumerian contribution to architecture.
    8. They wrote on clay tablets.
    9. 1900 B.C Sumerians were took into the population, then in 1750 B.C King Hammurabi created a political unified empire called Babylonia.
    10. The king of Babylonia was King Hammurabi.
    11. The hanging gardens of Babylon was a series of terraces on the shores of the Euphrates River.
    12. Mesopotamia’s way of irrigation went up the amount of salt in the soil until agriculture was ruined and without it the cities died out.
    13. Mesopotamia was important cause they invented writing, the wheel, the first laws, the first library, the first cities.

  37. Elizabeth Y.
    October 15, 2009 at 7:43 pm

    1) It was around 2700 BC when the Sumerians settled in the Fertile Crescent.
    2) The Sumerians brung water in to their dry land and dug ditches.
    3) The temple was the center of Sumerian city life.
    4) A Ziggurat was another temple that the archeologists discovered.
    5) One of the greatest contributions to Sumerian Culture was the wheel.
    6) Today Mesopotamia is Iraq.
    7) The Arch was the Sumerian Contribution to Architecture.
    8) Sumerians wrote on Clay Tablets and Cylinder Seals
    9) By 1900 BC Sumerians had become absorbed into the Semitic Population then in 1750 BC the people become part of a politically unified empire created by the Semitic King Hammurabi.
    10) The king of Mesopotamia was King Hammurabi
    11) The hanging Gardens of Babylon is a terraced garden at Babylon watered by pumps from the Euphrates.
    12) The Mesopotamians method of irrigation gradually increased the amounts of salt present in the soil until agriculture was ruined, and without agriculture the cities died.
    13) Ancient Mesopotamia was important because they were the first people to invent the wheel which is used in so many different ways today and they had a lot of successes but most of all they were a real civilization.

  38. Kelly R.
    October 15, 2009 at 7:20 pm

    1. i think i was Around 2600 B.C they (Sumerians) settled in the Fertile Crescent.
    2.the sumerians bulid like small homes and the water they bought to their dry land
    3. i think the center of city life for the sumerians was the trade.
    4. the ziggurat was the temple for the sumerians
    5. one of the greatest contribution in the sumerians culture is the temple because it was their culture.
    6.moden day Mesopotamia is i think babylonia or Iraq
    7. the Sumerian contribution to architecture is their history about sumerians people.
    8. Sumerians will write on clay tablets using symbols & pictures to each other.
    9. Sumeria become Babylonia was how the king created a empire called babylonia and the sumerians got into the population and decide to make a empire.
    10. the king of babylonia was king hammuriabi.
    11. the hanging gardens of babylon was one of the original Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
    12.they are no major cities now because only a few people live there and also it was ruined and theres are no mejor cities.
    13. anicent mesopotamia is important because it was the first ancient civilization in the region.

  39. Marlin M.
    October 15, 2009 at 7:11 pm

    1.around 2700 B.C
    2. dug ditches and brought river water in
    3. the temple
    4. ziggurat was another temple
    5. the wheel
    6.iraq
    7.the arch
    8. cylinder seal and clay tablets
    9.a political unified empire with King Hammurabi
    10. King Hammurabi
    11.the hanging gardens are towers of covred in trees and plants.
    12. there method of irrigation increased the salt in the soil until ariculture was ruined.
    13. ancient mesopotamia was a solid funcion for other countrys to be build.

  40. Bayron L.
    October 15, 2009 at 7:10 pm

    1.They settled around 27,000 B.C.
    2.They dug ditches to bring water to their dry land.
    3.The center of sumerian life was the temple.
    4.The second temple archeologyst found was the ziggurat.
    5.One of the gratest contributions of sumerian culture is the wheel.
    6.Babylonia was the modern day mesopotania.
    7.The principle of arch was the contribution of sumerian architecture.
    8.They wrote on clay.
    9.The semites took control over a small city of the sumerian and years pased and the sumerians were absorbed into the semites population.
    10.The king of babylonia was Hammurabi.
    11.The hanging gardens of babylon was one of the seven wonders of ancient world.
    12.Irrigation method of the mesopotaimian’s increased the amount of salt in the soil until agriculture was ruined.Without it the cities die out.
    13.It is important beacause they invented the wheel,writing,the first cities,and the first law.

  41. Matty B
    October 15, 2009 at 6:32 pm

    i didnt like dis h.w that much it was kinda boring :/ …………………………. ;:p

  42. Matty B
    October 15, 2009 at 6:29 pm

    1. around 2700 B.C
    2. they dug a ditch close to a lake and let the water flow down to there dry land
    3. a temple
    4. a temple in the midal of there town
    5. the first goverment
    6. in Babylonia
    7. they made arches
    8. on tablits
    9. the king united the population and called it babolon
    10. Hammurabi
    11. a series of terraces on the shores of the euphrates river
    12. salt got into the water and they where unable to grow farms anymore
    13. they were the first to develop citys, laws, writing, and librerys
    ……………………………… ;:p lol :D

  43. jecenia s.
    October 15, 2009 at 6:22 pm

    1.The Sumerians settle in Fetile Crescent in 2,300 B.C.2.The Sumerians brought water from the closer river.3.The central SumeriansCity life was that they traded necoles for crtin matirals.4.A Ziggural was the temple of the Sumerian.5.One greatest Sumerians culture was that in the Ziggural temple if the go on the top we can see everythin from the top.6.The modem day Mespotrnia was located in IRAQ.7.The Sumerian to architeclure is to find more information about ancient.8.The way Sumerian wrote was by symbols and pictures.9.The way Sumerian became Babylon was by what they did who were they educated.10.The king of Babylon is Nomadi.11.The hangging garden  of babylon is in Mespotrnia.12.Their were 3 major cites there now because the discorved.13.Ancient Mespotrnia is important because it’s closer to a river and desert.

  44. Julio M.
    October 15, 2009 at 5:50 pm

    1. Around 2700 B.C the Sumerians settled in the Fertile Crescent.
    2. Sumerians dug ditches and brought the river water to their dry land.
    3. The Temple was the center of Sumerian city life.
    4. A ziggurat was a temple.
    5. The wheel was one of the greatest contribution to Sumerian culture.
    6. Modern day Mesopotamia is in Babylonia.
    7. The principal of the arch was the Sumerian contribution to architecture.
    8. Sumerians wrote on clay tablets.
    9. 1900 B.C Sumerians were absorbed into the population, then in 1750 B.C King Hammurabi created a political unified empire called Babylonia.
    10. The king of Babylonia was King Hammurabi.
    11. The hanging gardens of Babylon was a series of terraces on the shores of the Euphrates River.
    12. Mesopotamia’s method of irrigation increased the amount of salt in the soil until agriculture was ruined and without it the cities died out.
    13. Ancient Mesopotamia was important because they first invented writing, the wheel, the first laws, the first library, the first cities.

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