Why Was Sumer an Uninviting Environment for the First Cities

question 30

Multiple Choice

Why was Sumer an uninviting environment for the first cities?

• A)The area has no natural defenses.
• B)The soil was sandy and the rivers flooded unpredictably.
• C)The marshy land between the rivers was fertile breeding ground for malaria and other deadly diseases.
• D)The rivers were largely unnavigable during long periods of the year,making trade difficult.
• E)The region had no forests for timber or usable stone to quarry for building materials.

---

Definitions:

Staging Classifications

Systems used in medicine to categorize the extent and severity of a patient's disease or condition.

Pathologic

Regarding or caused by disease, or relating to the study of disease processes.

Autopsy

A post-mortem examination of a body to determine the cause of death or disease, performed by a pathologist.

Retreatment

The act of treating a medical or dental condition again after an initial treatment, often because the first treatment was not completely successful.