Climate/People
History
Government
Religion
Accomplishment
100
What is Society based on?
Agriculture and Commerce
100
What year did this Empire take place?
5,000-2,000 BC
100
What kind of government system did Sumer have?
Monarchy
100
Polytheistic or Monotheistic?
Polytheistic
100
How did Sumer's writing system contribute to society?
To make payments, inventory lists, mail and delivery
200
How does the Tigris and the Euphrates hurt but also benefit Sumer?
It irregularly floods but causes fertile soil.
200
What was the first settlement in Sumer?
Eridu in Southern Mesopotamia
200
What is Divine?
When a person is part god.
200
True or false- their gods did not control the forces of nature
false
200
What two math systems did Sumer develop?
base 10 and base 6
300
How many centimeters of rain per year does Sumer get?
16.9
300
How did Sumerians believe how the city of Eridu was formed?
by the god Eniki or by his advisor Abgallu
300
What was the code of Hammurabi?
a set of laws created by king Hammurabi.
300
How were the gods humanlike? name one way.
they fall in love, quarrel, and have children
300
Where were the first schools?
in the temples
400
What are the three Sumerian social classes?
Amelu, Mushkinu, and Slaves
400
Why did the gods want to kill the people in the flood story?
the people were annoying
400
what did the code of hammurabi deal with?
Women and slave rights', marriage and divorce, and contracts
400
What are ziggurats?
the sumerian church
400
what military formations did Sumer create?
Infantry, Calvary, Archers
500
what jobs did Mushkinu have?
shopkeepers, farmers, merchants, weavers ect.
500
Where did the flood story take place?
Mesopotamia
500
Was the code of Hammurabi successful?
yes
500
describe the sumerian sacrifices.
rich and generous
500
What was the first invention to help plant crops?
plow
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