Geography
2 rivers in Mesopotamia
What are the Tigris & Euphrates Rivers?
They were in charge of religion and were early rulers of Sumerian city-states
What are priests?
It is a city and its surrounding territory
What is a city-state?
The number of social classes in Sumerian civilization
What is 3?
This was the main job in Sumer
What is farming?
The Fertile Crescent also is known as the __________ __ ______________
What is the Cradle of Civilization?
Massive 4 sided stepped pyramids
What are Ziggurats?
They surrounded city-states
What are walls?
This class had scribes, merchants and artisans
What is the middle class?
This helped the economy grow.
What is trade?
This happened annually to the rivers
What is flooding?
He was legendary who searched for immortality
Who was Gilgamesh?
Sargon was from this city-state
What is Kish?
They helped Sumer priests and kings run the city-state
What are Administrators?
This system helped trade in the Akkadian empire
What are standard weights and measures?
It was rich in nutrients
What is silt?
It is the belief in more than one god
What is polytheism?
City-states often fought wars over this.
What is land and natural resources?
These people are sometimes a social class and sometimes considered property
What are enslaved people?
Definition of trade
What is the exchange of goods and ideas?
They used this to increase the amount of fertile land
What is irrigation?
Nature and Natural forces
What were the Sumerian gods based on?
Ur, Uruk and Eridu
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What were thought to be the firsts city-state?
Women in Sumer were allowed to do two things.
What are own and run businesses and property (also be a priestess)?
This allowed the Sumerians to have an economy
What is division of labor?