Geography
Sumer
Religion
History
Culture
100
the two rivers that empty into the Persian gulf in Mesopotamia
What is the Tigris and Euphrates
100
The smallest division of Sumerian society
What is a city state
100
The place where many Mesopotamians worshiped or believed that their Gods lived
What is Ziggurat
100
The writing form that consisted of wedges and marks on clay tablets
What is Cuneiform
100
This was at the center of each city, and held great importance to each city
What is a Temple
200
the land that Hammurabi ruled
what is Babylon?
200
Most Famous Sumerian City
What is Ur
200
In a Ziggurat the priests and people would place this inside for the Gods
What is Food
200
was originally composed of a series of pictures, but this changed over time
What is Cuneiform
200
Sumerian society was deeply divided among differing groups of people: Upper, middle, and enslaved
What is class system
300
A region that birthed many differing cultures but generally had the same script, but many differing languages is generally known as
What is the Cradle of Civilization
300
The idea of bringing water from local rivers to farm land
What is Irrigation
300
controlled the religious nature and political spectrum in equally similarly entwined fashion
What is the Kings and Priests
300
Sumerian soldiers wore a certain kind of helmet into battle
What is a copper helmet
300
People had the right to sell themselves into this to pay off their debts
What is slavery
400
Most Mesopotamian cities were situated along these because of the fertile soil
What is a Fertile crscent
400
These were important because they caused the Sumerian traders to build great walls to protect themselves
what is Bandits
400
Enlil and Utu were some of the most important beings in Sumerian society
what is the Sumerian Gods
400
Was a semi divine hero who fought many magical beasts and eventually lost his friend
What is Gilgamesh
400
Cuneiform was primarily used to keep records for this
What is business
500
Most of Mesopotamia resides in this Middle Eastern country
What is Iraq?
500
These were the first inhabitants of the surrounding lands in Mesopotamia
What is Sumerians
500
The Sumerian Goddess o Love and War who cured diseases and helped fight wars
What is Inanna?
500
After defeating the magical beast, Gilgamesh went on a quest to attain
What is immortality
500
these are Sumerian societies record keepers and they were the ones who wrote everything down
What is scribes
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