ExpositoryTextTHEANCIENTCITYOFURPAIREDREADTheGameBYMARIAGILLSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAPhotographyCredit:DEAPICTURELIBRARY/DeAgostini/GettyImages**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.WordCount:2,339**ComprehensionStrategy:SummarizeSkill:SequenceVocabularyStrategyGreekRootsVocabularybedrock,embarked,excavations,exquisite,intriguing,intrinsic,methodical,meticulouslyContentStandardsSocialStudiesGeographyCopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119212-0MHID:0-02-119212-XPrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110BYMARIAGILLEssentialQuestionWhatcanscientistsrevealaboutancientcivilizations?PAIREDREADIntroduction.................................2Chapter1DiscoveringaCity............................4Chapter2AnAdvancedCivilization.....................8Chapter3TheGraves..................................12Conclusion..................................16RespondtoReading.........................18TheGame.........................19Glossary....................................22Index.......................................23FocusonSocialStudies......................24THE�CIENTCITYOFURIRAQEuphratesRiverURBaghdadBasrahTigrisRiverINTRODUCTIONIn1922,anarchaeologistnamedLeonardWoolleyembarkedonajourneytoSumer,nowknownassouthernIraq.TheBritishMuseumhadaskedhimtostudyalargemoundthathadbeenfoundinthedesert.Itcontainedtheruinsofabuildingcalledaziggurat,whichhadbeenbuiltcenturiesbefore.ThezigguratwasanimportantsiteintheancientSumeriancity-stateofUr.ItisknownastheGreatZigguratofUr.Woolley’sjobwastofindoutaboutthepeoplewhohadlivedinthisarea.Dur...
