Geography
Writing
Sumerian Achievements
Hunters and Gathers and Early Farmers
Misc.
100
Tigris and Euphrates
What are the two main rivers found in the Fertile Crescent?
100
Cuneiform
What type of writing was used in Mesopotamia?
100
Wheel
What did Sumerian potters first use as a surface to shape clay?
100
Early Farmers
Which group of humans existed during Neolithic Times?
100
Clay Tablets
What did Sumerians write on?
200
Iraq
What modern country now exists where Mesopotamia used to?
200
Wedge-shape
What does Cuneiform mean?
200
Plow
What is the invention that help provide a stable food supply?
200
Hunters and Gatherers
Which group of human existed during Paleolithic Times?
200
irrigation and/or fishing
Why were the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers so important?
300
Mediterranean
What sea can be found to the West on Mesopotamia?
300
Stylus
What scribes used to impress lines into clay...
300
Sailboats
What is the invention that was first shaped like a basket? It was made of reeds and covered with animal skins.
300
Under their homes
Where did archeologist believe early farmers buried their dead relatives?
300
282 laws written on a steele
What are Hammurabi's Codes?
400
Babylon, Ur, Kish, Lagash, Nippur, Umma, Uruk, Eridu, Hit
What are major cities in Mesopotamia?
400
Pictograph, ideograph, stylus, and phonograms
What were the four stages of writing that developed over time?
400
Metalworking, Cuneiform Writing, Arch
What are three Sumerian achievements?
400
Ziggurat
What were one room shrine temples?
400
stable food supply, specialization of labor, system of government, social levels highly developed culture
What are five characteristics of a civilization?
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