CIVILIZATION
SUMERIAN
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Question
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The walls were made of wood cut from trees in the foothills.
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The walls were made of bricks using local mud.
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The walls were made of stones from a quarry in the Zagros Mountains
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the walls were made of steel obtained through trade with Egypt.
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Detailed explanation-1: -To make up for a shortage of stones and timber for building houses and temples, the Sumerians created molds for making bricks out of clay, according to Kramer.
Detailed explanation-2: -The walls were made of mud bricks that were baked in the sun until they were hard. The Sumerians also dug moats out-side the city walls to prevent enemies from entering the city. Most people lived in houses behind the walls, while the farms lay outside.
Detailed explanation-3: -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. A Sumerian city-state was like a tiny country.