Vocabulary
A religion based on the worship of many gods is called?
polytheism
Where did the ancient civilization of Sumer develop?
the southern part of the fertile crescent
Why did the Sumerians invent standard measurements for weight?
to measure grain harvests
Ubaid culture begins in southern Mesopotamia
5000 BC
An urban center and surrounding farmland, all under a single government
city-state
What artifacts were most likely left behind by the Ubaid people?
pottery and farming tools
Which of these Sumerians was of the highest social class
priest
Sumerians develop system of writing based on cuneiform?
In each urban center, Sumerian workers built a tall brick temple called?
ziggurat
Which innovation made farming easier?
- the shaduf- a water lifting device
- the potters wheel
- currency
- harps and lyes
the shaduf
What happened to the Sumerians?
They were conquered and became apart of a greater empire
Hammurabi rules the babylonian empire and establishes rules
1790 BC
A system of writing in which marks are carved into clay tablets is called?
cuneiform
Where did archaeologists discover 4,500 year old Sumerian tombs?
the Royal Cemetery of Ur
Which list gives the names from earliest to latest
- Sargon, Nebuchandnezzar, Hammurabi
- Uruk, Kish, Eridu
- Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians
- Assyrians, Akkadians, Kassites
Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians
Assyrians rule the largest empire in the world
700 BC
The Sumerians worshipped the _______ known as Enki, the water god?
deity
For what invention are the Sumerians best known?
Written Records
What are the two major river systems that surround the fertile crescent?
Tigris and Euphrates
Sargon rules Mesopotamia
2350 BC