Exam 9: Early Dynastic Mesopotamia

4000-3100 BC is referred to as _________________ in Mesopotamia.

Kings were often the only people in Mesopotamian city-states that were literate.

Clay figurines from Uruk and later periods often depict _____________________.

Mesolithic, Mesoamerica, Mesopotamia . . . The prefix "Meso" must mean ________________.

___________________ was a brief period that followed the Uruk period.

Ur and Uruk are both located in Mesopotamia.

Most of the Mesopotamian region is located in the modern nation-state of ____________.

In the archaeological study of Early Dynastic Mesopotamia, we have, for the first time, the luxury of written records to supplement the material record. What are some specific details this writing makes "knowable"?

Stepped pyramids at the end of the ED are called ziggurats.

Each ED Mesopotamian city had a temple dedicated to ___________________.

Why is the Değirmentepe site in Turkey interpreted as an 'Ubaid colony?

Naboo is an alternate name for the Mesopotamian city of Uruk.

At the Ali Kosh site in Iran, people were buried under the floors of dwellings. How has this been interpreted by archaeologists?

Why is the Royal Cemetery at Ur described as royal? What does Puabi's tomb reveal about social classes at Ur? Provide details about this burial.

The 'Ubaid period is marked by a _____________ style found across much of Mesopotamia.

Early Dynastic city-states had patron deities. Name one Sumerian god or goddess and his/her domain (i.e., the goddess of ________________).

What role did slavery play in ED Mesopotamia?

Good tool stone was rare in southern Mesopotamia where Tell Oueili was located. What kinds of materials did people use as substitutes?

Which technique would be best applied to dating a ceramic fragment from the PN?

The Tigris and Euphrates rivers define Mesopotamia ("land between the rivers"). Into which larger body of water do these major rivers flow?