Sumerian Hierarchy
Who were the people that were owned by palaces?
Who were the slaves?
A temple where Sumerians believed gods and goddesses ruled the city.
What is a Ziggurat?
A wanderer
What is a Nomad?
______ worked for the nobles and palaces. They were farmers, fisherman, crafters.
Who were Commoners?
How many total laws, did Hammurabi write/create?
What is 282 laws?
Who were the workers for nobles and palaces?
Who were Commoners and Craftsmen?
These were developed between 3300-3000B.C.
What is City-States?
Wedge shaped writing on clay tablets-writing system of Sumerians.
What is Cuneiform?
Cuneiform was the ________________.
What is the first known language?
What continent is Mesopotamia located in?
What is West Asia?
Who were the Nobles?
Who were Priests, Officials, and Royals.
Where were Ziggurats located in City-States?
What is center of the city-states?
A strict and harsh set of laws in Ancient Mesopotamia.
An epic poem from Mesopotamia time describes the life of the legendary king named ___________.
Who is Gilgamesh?
When was the fall of Babylon?
What is 539 BC
Name the Sumerian Hierarchy in order (top to bottom)
What is Nobles, Commoners/Craftsmen, Farmers/Slaves
Who were the people that lived in City-States?
Who were the Sumerians?
An area of land in the Middle Eat, located around the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
Mesopotamia is known as ________.
What is the land between two rivers?
What life style did people leave to live in Mesopotamia?
What is the Nomadic Lifestyle?
What percent of the population were farmers?
What is 90%
One of the City-States were located in the city called ______. (Begins with S)
What is Sumer?
Worshipping multiple gods or deities.
What is Polytheistic?
Mesopotamia is located in the __________.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
Name all of the Empires in order.
What is Akkadians, Babylonians, Assyrians and Neo-Babylonian.