Sumerian Inventions
Religion & Society
Division of Labor
Emperors & Epics
Miscellaneous
100
This invention would be compared to the modern-day tractor
What is the plow?
100
The worship of many gods
What is polytheism?
100
A professional writer
What is a scribe?
100
He was among the first military leaders to use soldiers armed with bow and arrows
Who is Sargon?
100
A wheeled horse-drawn battle cart
What is a chariot?
200
This invention was a way of supplying water to an area of land
What is irrigation?
200
People who perform religious ceremonies. They were of high-rank in Sumerian society
What are Priests?
200
Travelers who follow a herd or animals
What is a nomad?
200
An emperor of Babylon who created a code of arms, "eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth?"
Who is Hammurabi?
200
A wedged-shape instrument used for writing onto clay tablets
What is a stylus?
300
This was the world's first system of writing
What is Cuneiform?
300
A pyramid-shaped temple tower
What is a Ziggurat?
300
Two of the most important rivers in Mesopotamia
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
300
A set of letters that can be combined to form words
What is the alphabet?
400
Picture symbols used for written communication
What are Pictographs?
400
A division of society by rank or class
What is a social hierarchy?
400
A large arch of fertile land
What is the Fertile Crescent?
400
Long poems that tell the story of a hero
What are epics?
400
This gulf is located on the eastern side of Mesopotamia
What is the Persian Gulf?
500
Human-made waterways
What are canals?
500
A city and its surrounding countryside
What is a city-state?
500
A mix of rich soil and small rocks
What is silt?
500
A ruler of a kingdom or empire
What is a monarch?
500
Four present-day countries that are located in Mesopotamia
What are Iraq, Iran, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt, and Jordan?
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