Inventions
An invention that helps a person tell the date or month
Calendar
I am at the top of the social class
Kings and Priests
A temple tower in Sumer
Ziggurat
What would happen to a carpenter who builds a house that falls and kills the owner?
Carpenter gets killed also.
The name of a person whose job is a writer
Scribe
An invention that digs holes to put seeds in the earth
plow
I have been sold to others to work
Slaves
The name of the two rivers in the Fertile Crescent
Tigris and Euphrates
If a woman belittles her husband, what happens to her?
She is thrown into water.
Where would you go to trade your goods?
Local Market
A tablet with words for me to read and communicate
Cuneiform
If I own property, am I above or below a priest in the social class?
Below
The name of the area that is named after its location to the two rivers and rich soil.
Fertile Crescent
If you rob another's home, what happens to the robber?
Death
If I have more than I need of something. What is that called?
Surplus
The most important invention that allowed merhants to move goods at a faster and easier rate
The Wheel
I am above slaves in the social class
All Free People
Which of these things would you not see a lot of in Sumer?
Trees, Fish, Merchants, or Tools
Trees
If my son slaps me in the face, what would happen to my son under Hammurabbi's code?
My son's hand will be cut off.
Which one of these goods was NOT in the local marketplace for trade?
Salt, Metal Tools, Steel or Wood
Steel