For each of the following sentences, decide if it best explains something in Mesopotamia or Egypt. Sumer had 12 city-states, which often battled over control of land and water. *BLANK* Hittites extracted iron from ore and created strong weapons. *BLANK* During the Old Kingdom, pharaohs organized a strong central government and established a bureaucracy. *BLANK* The religions of most early civilizations were polytheistic, until the Israelites formed Judaism. *BLANK* The writing system of hieroglyphics used symbols to depict a writing system. *BLANK* The practice of mummification proves that this civilization believed in some form of afterlife. *BLANK*
