It is believed that the first civilization on earth
he ancient Middle East. Mesopotamia -- which means "land between rivers"
n area of rich soil between the Tigris River and Euphrates River. The people of this region
was
nown as the Sumerians, grew wheat and raised (1)
old, silver, and (2)_
and sheep. They u
to make tools and weapons. (3).
ade pottery on a potter's wheel and baked it in ovens. The Sumerians built man's first
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Houses, temples, and (5)_
were made of sun-drie
ay bricks. The people invented a system of writing called (6)_
in whic