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A Sumerian blank consisted of the city, the surrounding mud brick wall,
and the surrounding farmland.
city state
Name the two rivers of
Mesopotamia?
Tigris and
Euphrates
The Sumerians based their
counting system on what
number?
60
A professional writer in
Mesopotamia was called
a?
scribe
Mesopotamia means
"the
land between the rivers"
In order to control the destructive seasonal flooding of the rivers Rivers,
the ancient Sumerians constructed
blanks, or raised areas of earth, in
order to hold back the floodwaters
levees,
Mesopotamia is located in
what modern day country?
Iraq
This Sumerian invention
allowed farmers to
cultivate larger areas of
land more quickly?
plow
I am the only person
allowed in the temple?
Priest
Mesopotamia is often
referred to as the &qout blank " because the
world's first civilization
occurred there
"cradle of
civilization"
The blank temple. It was located in the center of each Sumerian
city-state. It housed the city-state's
patron god.
ziggurat
The blank is
boomerang shaped region
that extends from the
eastern shore of the
Mediterranean Sea to the
Persian Gulf.
Fertile Crescent
This invention allowed
Sumerian architects to
add more strength and
beauty to structures.
Arches
The lowest class in Sumer
was made up of?
Slaves
Sumerians wrote on what?
Clay tablets
The ancient Sumerians created the world's first writing system known as
cuneiform.
How did the Sumerians solve the problem of flooding?
They used gated ditches and levees.
Sumerians used blank travel on the river for trade
guffas
I created the world’s first law Code
King Hammurabi
Only a few people–mostly boys from wealthy families–learned how to write. After years of training, they became ? record keepers. Scribes held honored positions in society, often going on to become judges and political leaders.
scribes
A ?is a wedge-shaped instrument made out of reed
stylus
blankoilstextileswerexported from Mesopotamia
Grain
This invention allowed the Sumerians to travel easier to different areas to trade goods.
Wheel
blankstudyartifacts and remains of past civilizations
Archaeologists
Sumerian city-states often went to war with one another. They fought to gain glory and to control more territory. For protection, each city-state did what?
surrounded itself with a wall.