CIVILIZATION
SUMERIAN
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Question
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Why is Mesopotamia considered to be the “cradle of civilization?
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its land was between two lakes
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Sumerians lived there
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it was where the first permanent settlements were formed
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Mesopotamia, the area between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers (in modern day Iraq), is often referred to as the cradle of civilization because it is the first place where complex urban centers grew.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Fertile Crescent, often referred to as “the cradle of civilization, ‘’ is the crescent-shaped region in Western Asia and North Africa that spans the modern-day countries of Iraq, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine and, for some scholars, Egypt.
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