THEANCIENTCITYOFURBYMARIAGILLExpositoryTextPAIREDREADTheGameSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAPhotographyCredit:DEAPICTURELIBRARY/DeAgostini/GettyImages**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.ComprehensionStrategy:SummarizeSkill:SequenceVocabularyStrategyGreekRootsVocabularybedrock,embarked,excavation,exquisite,intriguing,intrinsic,methodical,meticulouslyELLVocabularycanals,indicate,inhabitantsContentStandardsSocialStudiesGeographyWordCount:1,925**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118745-4MHID:0-02-118745-2PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110THE�CIENTCITYOFURBYMARIAGILLEssentialQuestionWhatcanscientistsrevealaboutancientcivilizations?PAIREDREADIntroduction.................................2Chapter1DiscoveringaCity............................4Chapter2AnAdvancedCivilization.....................8Chapter3TheGraves..................................12Conclusion..................................16RespondtoReading.........................18TheGame.........................19Glossary....................................22Index.......................................23FocusonSocialStudies......................24IRAQEuphratesRiverURBaghdadBasrahTigrisRiverINTRODUCTIONIn1922,anarchaeologistnamedLeonardWoolleyembarkedonajourneytosouthernIraq.TheBritishMuseumhadaskedWoolleytostudyalargemoundinthedesert.Themoundcontainedtheruinsofabuildingcalledaziggurat.TheziggurathadbeenbuiltcenturiesbeforewhentheareawascalledSumer.ThezigguratwasanimportantsiteintheancientSumeriancity-stateofUr.ItisknownastheGreatZigguratofUr.Woolley’sjobwas...
