Fertile Crescent
Sumerian Society
Writing
100
What is The region of rich farmland between the Persian Gulf and Asia Minor:
Fertile Crescent
100
The basic political unit of Sumer
What is City-State
100
The use of pictures to represent ideas
What are Pictographs
200
The world’s first civilization was called:
What is Mesopotamia
200
Reasons why city-states fought each other:
What is They wanted more farmland
200
A form of writing using wedge-shaped symbols:
What is Cuneiform
300
Problems with farming in early Mesopotamia?
What is Flooding and little rainfall in summers
300
Sumerian religion:
What is Polytheism
300
The first major use of Sumerian use of cuneiform writing:
What is Business Record Keeping
400
Why did Mesopotamians build canals?
What is To control the river’s flow.
400
The main communicator between Sumerians and the gods:
What is Priests
400
Alphabet
What is Letters that can be combined to form words
500
Tigris and Euphrates
What are the two rivers of Mesopotamia
500
What were female Sumerian religious leaders called?
What is Priestesses
500
How did creating an alphabet help the Phoenicians?
What is It made writing easier
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