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Name the 5 key elements?
Job Specialization, Organized Religion and Government, Writing and Record Keeping, Advanced Technology, and Advanced Cities.
What is a nomad?
A member of a people having no permanent home, and who travel from place to place to find food.
What does the "Paleolithic Age" mean?
The old stone age.
What does the "Neolithic Age" mean?
New stone age.
Where was the "ziggurat" located?
In the center of the city.
What is a "ziggurat"?
A temple.
What is a society.
A group of people with a common culture.
What was the total change?
The invention of agriculture.
What does "revolution" mean?
A total change.
How long did scribes train for?
12 years
What was the "holiest city" in Mesopotamia?
Nippur
What color was the shrine on top of the Sumerians "ziggurat"?
Blue
How many main gods did the Sumerians have?
7 main gods
What is a social hierarchy?
Ranking of people based on their power
Name 3 food the Sumerians grew?
Whatever you said
What were the levees for?
to prevent their crops from being washed away
What was the name of the type of religion the Sumerians had.
Polythiestic religion
What is domesticating mean?
To tame something
Name all of the social classes in order.
kings, priests, scribes, merchants/artisians, farmers, slaves
_____=Power in Mesopotamia.
fill in the blank
Money
Around what time was the "Paleolithic Age"
~2 Million
Around how long ago was the "Neolithic Age"?
(Hint B.C.E. + C.E. Equals Answer)
~10,020
Who was the ruler during the Paleolithic Era.
NONE
What is the name for the god in Nippur?
Enlil
What was the "Cradle of Civilization"?
Mesopotamia