Geography
Sumer Rises Again
Sumerian Achievements
Vocabulary
Later Societies and Inventions
100
This type of moon is around right after full moon. It may also sound like a bakery item.
What is a crescent?
100
The Sumerians and the Akkadians lived in peace for many years until this Akkadian ruler wanted to gain more territory
Who is Sargon?
100
A tool used to write on pieces of clay
What is a stylus?
100
A mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks
What is silt?
100
This Babylonian King created a set of laws, or codes, for his people to live by.
Who is Hammurabi?
200
This word means very rich farmland
What is fertile?
200
This Sumerian king became a legendary figure in Sumerian literature
Who is Gilgamesh?
200
The world's first system of writing
What is cuneiform?
200
A way of supplying water to an area of land
What is irrigation?
200
A wheeled horse-drawn cart used in battle
What is a chariot?
300
Mesopotamia was located between Asia Minor and the _______ Gulf.
What is Persian?
300
Many of these made up the entirety of Sumer. They consisted of a city and all the countryside around it.
What is a city state?
300
Long poems that tell stories of heroes
What are epics?
300
The type of arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular task or job
What is division of labor?
300
This Chaldean king is most famous for rebuilding Babylon and for his beautiful hanging gardens
Who is King Nebuchadnezzar?
400
This moon shaped space is located between two rivers: the __________ River and the Euphrates River
What is Tigris?
400
Sumer consisted of a certain order for its' people. This division of society by rank or class is known as...
What is social hierarchy?
400
The science of building
What is architecture?
400
Land with different territories and peoples under a single rule.
What is an empire?
400
Babylon also became known for this star-gazing hobby and calendar usage
What is astronomy?
500
What natural disasters caused Mesopotamia to lose their crops until people figured out how to control them?
What is flooding and drought?
500
Why were priests valued so highly in Sumerian society?
People looked to priests because they interpreted the wish of the gods and made offerings to them
500
A pyramid shaped temple tower
What is a ziggurat?
500
The worship of many gods
What is polytheism?
500
This group of people created the world's first alphabet, a set of letters that can be combined to form words.
Who are the Phoenicians?
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