Writing
Early Sumerian writing was used for this, in order to keep track of this things like counting goats and sales of bags or barley.
Trade
These leaders ruled Sumer's city-states and were in charge of making laws, keeping order and leading the army.
Kings
What is the belief in MANY GODS?
Polytheism
This invention helped Sumerians carry heavy loads and made trade easier. It changed transportation forever!
Wheel
These man-made waterways carried water from the rivers into farms and fields.
Canals
These items were often baked or dried in the sun to help Sumerians make written information more permanent.
Clay Tablets
This was the name for a city and the farmland around it that controlled its own government.
City-State
This huge, religious temple was found at the center of the Sumerian city-states.
Ziggurat
Inventions that help improve life is called....
Technology
Many Sumerians played this small stringed instrument, one of the earliest known musical instruments.
Lyre
This group of specially trained people were the only ones who could read or write in Sumer.
Scribes
Sumerian society was divided into levels. Kings and Priests at the top, Artisans in the middle and Slaves at the bottom. This is called a ........
Social Structure
Sumerians believed their gods controlled everything in nature, including the flooding of these two rivers.
Tigris and EUUUUuuuuuphrates
This tool allowed farmers to more easily cut deep into the soil which helped planting crops and increased the food supply.
Plow
Sumerians used this common material for their buildings because their were few trees in the region.
Mud Bricks
What did Sumerians use to write cuneiform on clay tablets?
a wedge-shaped stylus
These rule-keepers collected taxes and kept the city-state organized.
Government Officials and/or King
These religious leaders communicated with the gods and performed ceremonies.
Priests
Sumerians built these water-control systems to bring water to crops and prevent flooding.
Irrigation
Which invention added strength and beauty to Sumerian buildings?
Arches
This wedge-shaped writing system invented by the Sumerians is one of the world's earliest forms of writing.
Cuneiform
This group lived in the center of the city-state and had the biggest homes.
Upper Class
Which Sumerian belief about the king helped strengthen the social order?
The King was chosen by the gods.
Sumerians made weapons and tools out of this strong metal.
Bronze
The beliefs and behaviors of a society or group of people
Culture