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Why did civilizations first arise along the Fertile Crescent

Civilizations first rose up along the Fertile Crescent because the region had soil that was very good for farming

Why were priests powerful in Mesopotamian society

Priests were in charge of ministering to the gods, thereby gaining their favor. People thought gods controlled their lives. Combine these ideas, and it was important for the people to please the priests in order to assure prosperity and well being. The priests were so powerful in Mesopotamian society because the people believed that they had a direct contact with God.

Where was the world's first city-state

sumer

Which group settled mostly on Crete

minoans

Which resulted directly from the use of irrigation systems

A food surplus

The most important feature for the beginning of a civilization was

a river valley

What do megaliths imply about northern european civilizations that built them

They had economic specialization

Which is part of an archaeologists job

Digging up artifacts of ancient people

Innovation directly led to the development of the first city-states

levees

What is an advance credited to Assyrians

Iron weapons and horse-mounted warriors are two advances credited to the Assyrians.

Which religion was least influenced be the Hebrews

The religion that was least influened by the Hebrews, in my opinion, is the Japanese Shinto religion.

Answer:

Anything east (or south) of Afghanistan. plus the indigenous beliefs in the New World.

Which is a characteristic of hunter-gatherer societies-

Characteristics of hunter-gatherer societies included the fact that they tended to be small communities and somewhat nomadic in nature.

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