The Civilization of Sumer
Rulers are on top, traders and officials are in the middle, slaves are at the bottom.
What is the Sumerian Social Hierarchy
This is the written Language developed in Sumer
What is Cuneiform
Around 4000 BC this was used to make working with clay much easier
What is a Pottery Wheel
This system of watering crops was developed and used in Sumer.
What is Irrigation.
Sippar, Babylon, Kishi, Rippur, Lagash, Uruk, and Ur all have this in common.
What are places in Mesopotamia.
The Sumerians worshipped many gods
What is Polytheism
This place is where many considered the earliest signs of writing
Where is Egypt?
These vehicles were used in war around 1500 BC
What is a Chariot
Spring Floods posed a __________ to farmers
What is a Danger?
Hammurabi took this role in 1792 BC
What is become King of Babylon
What is a Ziggurat?
This overall development took a long period of time and was very difficult.
What is developing a Language
The King's Chariot for War had this many wheels.
What is 4 Wheels?
This place "gave birth" to one of the world's first farming communities
What is the Fertile Crescent
Sargon's Large and Well Equipped Army helped him successfully accomplish this goal.
What is unite Mesopotamia/ Unite the city states of Sumer?
The Sumerian Mathematical/ Number system is based on this number?
What is 60?
This person's job is to write things down
What is a Scribe?
Around 3000 BC Sumerian cities merged into this.
What is Mesopotamia?
These are the two rivers found in the Fertile Crescent
What are the Euphrates and Tigris
This written code was the first set of Laws present for everyone to see
What was Hammurabi's Code
These two important inventions helped Sumerians progress and develop.
What is the Wheel and Plow
Before letters, these were the main forms of delivering or recording information.
What are pictographs?
Around 1792 BC this person became King of Babylon
Who is Hammurabi?
The Greek translation of this is Mesopotania?
What is the "Land between the rivers"
This person ruled the Akkadian Empire for 50 years
Who is Sargon the Great