Technolo-Gee Whiz
Sumerians invented the ___ originally for pottery.
wheel
What was the lowest social class?
Slaves
Large mass of land that projects into a body of water.
Peninsula
Mesopotamia is in what modern day country?
Iraq
Sumerian used ______ systems to hydrate crops
Irrigation
Sumerians made number systems based on the number____.
60
What social class did most people belong to?
Commoners
The religious belief in one god.
Monotheistic
The Southernmost REGION in Mesopotamia
Sumer
List one of the three major Sumerian exports
Wool, Wheat, Fish
Sumerians were astronomers, and chartered ______.
Constellations
Who was in charge of interpreting cuneiform?
Scribes
Term for 100 years
Century
Nickname for the region of Mesopotamia
This type of warfare used ambushes and sneak attacks
Guerilla
This metal was developed by combining tin and copper.
Bronze
Although they had kings this TYPE of society meant cities were ruled by deities
Theocracy
Narrow strip of land that connects two larger land masses.
Isthmus
List BOTH major rivers of Mesopotamia
Tigris, Euphrates
This set of laws prioritized retaliation in justice
Hammurabi's Code
Around what year did Sumerians invent cuneiform?
3000 BCE
What is the name of the currency in which workers were paid?
Shekels
The spreading of multicultural aspects from one society to another
The city of Ashur was in which region of Meso.?
Assyria
The Sumerian language most closely relates to what modern language?
Hebrew