Exam 9: Early Dynastic Mesopotamia

______________ was the first city-state of southern Mesopotamia.

Değirmentepe is interpreted as a(n) ___________________.

How does the Early Dynastic period relate chronologically to the Uruk period?

Most cuneiform texts were recorded on copper sheets.

___________________ were at the bottom of the ED Mesopotamian hierarchy.

An individual named Puabi, often referred to as a ___________ was buried at Ur.

___________ were domesticated around 7500 cal BC along the Euphrates in northern Syria.

"Protocuneiform" began as a(n) _______________ system.

An oikoi economy is based on _________________.

It is estimated that Uruk had about _________________ residents within its walls.

The Third Dynasty of Ur is also known as ________________.

_____________ is a PPN site in Iraq dating to 9000 cal BC.

Which of these was not a Middle Eastern domesticated species?

Eventually cuneiform developed into a _________________ language.

Painted pottery of the _____________ style is found across much of Mesopotamia and as far north as Turkey.