The Rise of Sumer Vocabulary
Complete the sentence Sumer
Vocabulary
Trivia
Dates and Geography
100
Sumarian Writing
What is cuneiform?
100
Scribes were
What is writers
100
Cheif city of Hammurabi's empire
What is Babylon
100
Which of the following is NOT one of the contributions of Mesopotamian culture wheel, stone buildings, plow, sailboats
What is stone buildings
100
The two rivers that surrounded Mesopotamia
What is the Tigris and Euphrates
200
passed down from parent to child
What is hereditary
200
The earliest known civilization was
What is Sumerian
200
Leading city state of Sumer
What is Ur
200
When Sargon I united the conquered citu-states, he created the world's first
What is empire
200
The land called Mesopotamia in ancient times is today part of
What is Iraq
300
Sumerian Temple
What is a ziggurat
300
One of the most famous priest kings was
Who is Gilgamesh
300
Way of life
What is culture
300
As a ruler Hammurabi is best remembered for
What is creating a code of laws
300
The Sumerians settled in Mesopotamia in about
What is 3500 B.C.
400
A city and the surrounding farmland
What is a city state
400
The cheif crop of the Sumerians was
What is barley
400
Controls the flow of water
What is levees
400
THe oldes written records known came from this culture.
What is Sumer
400
The center of each Sumerian city-state was
What is a temple which was the home of the city's chief god.
500
A skilled worker
What is an artisan
500
Sumerians built their houses out of
What is mud bricks
500
Period of power
What is reign
500
What eventually happened to the city-states of Sumer
What is Sargon I, a king from northern Mesopatamia conquered them.
500
Sumerians took an important step in changing their physical enviroment by
What is controlling the flow of the river
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