Vocab
The written record of mankind
What is History
This marks the beginning of history
Our only completely accurate record of ancient history
What is the Bible
The instrument the Sumerians used to stamp their documents
Name one of the two major inventions of the Sumerians
What are the wheel or writing
The way of life or a group of people
What is Culture
Means between the two rivers
What is Mesopotamia
Tall temples Sumerians built for worshipping their gods
What is ziggurat
Name one of the two major rivers in the Fertile Crescent
What are the Tigris and the Euphrates
A belief based on fear and ignorance rather than truth
This means in the year of the Lord
Supplying the land with water
What is irrigation
The Sumerians used in their buildings:
A. arches B. cuneiform C. cylinder D. seals
What are arches
Name the mountain on which we believe Noah's Ark came to rest
What is Mt. Ararat
Man's attempt to put himself in the place of God
What is humanism
What our dating system is centered around is
What is the Birth of Christ
A. Farmers B. Sailors C. Herdsmen D. Shepherds
What is B. Sailors
This is located at the top of a ziggurat
What is an altar
Name the southern part of Sumer
What is Chaldea
A large body of people who think of themselves as one, are united under one ruler, and are subject to the same general laws
The other name for the Eastern Hemisphere
What is the Old World
Sumerian's form of wedge-shaped writing
What is cuneiform
These people dig up and study the remains of ancient cities
Who are archaeologists
Name the most important Sumerian city
What is Ur