The ancient Sumerians... lived in the southern part of what is now Iraq. The heartland of Sumer lay between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, in what the Greeks later called Mesopotamia. This territory,
skillfully irrigated, proved very fertile, and major cities has long been in existence... Well before 3001
B. C., Sumerians were recording their language using simple pictures. They wrote on tablets of clay, I
evolving the script that to us is known as cuneiform.
- Explore World Cultures: Sumerians, from the British Museum digital reso
According to the passage above, what unique contribution did the Sumerians make to fut
cultures?

The persians landed in the plains near athens. as their army greatly outnumbered that of the greeks, the greeks hoped to find aid from nearby sparta. a long-distance runner named pheidippides was sent from athens to sparta to request , but the spartans were not able to send more soldiers at the time. regardless, the greeks were still able to win the battle. centuries later, legend developed that a runner had been sent from the battle to athens after the greek victory. after reaching athens, the runner proclaimed, "we are victorious! " and then fell to the ground and died. this legendary story is the inspiration for the modern long-distance runs that are performed today. this passage refers to the events of which battle during the persian wars? a. battle of thermopylae b. battle of salamis c. battle of plataea d. battle of marathon

Dominic and stacy each have a stamp collection. dominic has six fewer stamps than three times the number of stamps stacy has. dominic and stacy decide to give all of their stamps to their younger sister, mary. if stacy had s stamps, which expression represents the number of stamps that mary received? a. (3s − 18)(3s − 6) b. 2s − 18 c. 4s − 6 d. 4s − 18

Ascientist successfully predicts the outcome of an experiment. you watch carefully and know he didn't cheat. the scientist's success shows that: a) the scientist knows absolute truth about this experiment; success is not possible unless you know the truthb) the scientist was just lucky; no one ever knows what's going on, so successful predictions require luckc) the scientist may know the truth, or at least know something that is close to the truth, or the scientist may have gotten lucky this time; you can't be absolutely sured) the scientist really was cheating, even though you didn't see the cheating; no one can get things right, except by cheatinge) the scientist spent the night at a particular hotel chain and go a free breakfast, giving the scientist the ability to do amazing things