Sumerians and Their culture
What is the order of the Sumerian social hierarchy?
The first: king, the second: priests, the third: scribes, the fourth: merchants and artisans, the fifth: farmers, and the sixth: slaves
What was another name for this time period?
The New Stone Age
Where was Mesopotamia located?
In the Middle East or Modern Day Iraq
What is organized religion and government?
Organized religion and government is in a civilized there is a specific group called religious leaders. These people have the special job of organizing, and maintaining, the religious belief and practices.
What are nomads?
Nomads are people who don't have a permanent home and they have to travel around to get food.
What is the ziggurat?
A ziggurat is a temple in the middle of a city and the blue shrine on top is where the gods live.
What was the total change?
The invention of agriculture and the invention of free time.
What were the other names of Mesopotamia?
The Land Between Two Rivers and The Fertile Crescent
What is advanced technology?
Advanced technology is the newest tool the people invented. (for a specific purpose)
In general, who gathered the food and who hunted?
In general, women gathered food and men hunted food.
Where in South Mesopotamia were the Sumerian city states?
In the River Delta.
When did this revolution take place?
8000 B.C.E.
Which two rivers are in the same region as Mesopotamia?
The Tigris River and the Euphrates River
How did the people in Sumer keep writing and record keeping?
The people in Sumer kept writing and record keeping by having scribes who wrote a lot of the important things down.
What is another way to say old stone age?
Paleolithic Age
What epic did we learn about in class that is part of mythology?
We learned about Gilgamesh.
How did the invention of agriculture change their lives?
The invention of agriculture changed their lives because they were no longer nomads, meaning they had a permanent place to live because they could grow their own food.
What was the most fertile part of the land?
The River Delta
What do you need to support an advanced city?
To support an advanced city you will need a surplus amount of food.
What was the early human culture?
Eat food, don't die.
What does the population of the Sumerians grow to?
It grows from a tribe, to a village, to a city.
What is the River Valley Civilization- describe it?
The river valley civilization was a group of people who had fresh water and fertile soil to grow crops. They discovered that plants and animals could be domesticated.
Why did the Sumerians settle in Mesopotamia?
The Sumerians settled in Mesopotamia because there was fertile land to grow crops in and there was fresh water for them and their animals to drink.
What are specialized workers and how does it relate to social hierarchy?
Specialized workers are people who have specific jobs they practiced and are the best at. It relates to social hierarchy because there can be scribes, priests, merchants, farmers, or slaves.
How much time passed from the hunter gatherer society until the neolithic revolution?
One million nine hundred ninety-two thousand
1,992,000