Geography
Two reasons why rivers are important to a civiliation
What is: travel/trade, irrigation for growing crops
This was at the center of towns
What is a ziggurat?
The written language of the Sumerians
What is Cuneiform?
Import in Mesopotamia
What is stone/metals?
The top of the social structure in Sumer
What are kings and priests?
Mesopotamia means...
What is "land between two rivers"
The Sumerian religion was ___________, believing in many gods
What is polytheism?
Two achievements from Mesopotamia
What are: the wheel/the plow/etc
Export in Mesopotamia
What is grain?
The bottom of the social structure in Sumer
What are slaves?
Mesopotamia is located on this continent
What is Asia?
Religion was very important to ancient Sumerians because ______ held a lot of power of the civilizations.
What are priests?
The language of the Sumerians was written on
What are stone tablets?
Sumerians had a surplus of _______ that they used to trade
What is grain?
Three ways priests held power in Sumer
What is ran irrigation, controlled grain surplus, and were a connection to the gods