Section 6 - From Small Villages to Big Cities
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Dave Metzger
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Section 6 - From Small Villages to Big Cities
As you've seen, beginning around 3500 B.C.E., the Sumerians progressed from living in small farming villages to building large, walled city-states. How and why did this happen? The answer lies not only in the problems the Sumerians faced, but also in their solutions.
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Sumerians ( the early people in Mesopotamia ) divided themselves into independent areas called .......?
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From Small Villages To Big Cities
A basic challenge for any group of people is how to provide food for itself. Food shortages had forced settlers in Mesopotamia to move from the foothills down to the river valley. There, farmers faced the problem of having either too much water or too little.
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From small villages to big city-states
To control the water supply, Sumerians built a complex irrigation system. The system crossed village boundaries, so the Sumerians had to cooperate with one another. This led them to live in larger communities—the first city-states.
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From small villages to big city-states
These independent city-states often fought with one another. To defend themselves, the Sumerians built walls and dug moats around their cities. By 3000 B.C.E., the solutions to the challenges faced by the Sumerians had transformed Sumerian farming villages into walled city-states.
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Section 6 - From Small Villages to Big Cities
As you've seen, beginning around 3500 B.C.E., the Sumerians progressed from living in small farming villages to building large, walled city-states. How and why did this happen? The answer lies not only in the problems the Sumerians faced, but also in their solutions.
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