Sumerian Jobs
Sumerian Facts
Sumerian Characteristics of Civilization
Vocabulary
100

This was the job of most ancient Sumerians

Farmer

100

the ancient writing of Sumer

cuneiform

100

The wheel

achievement or technology

100

Sumer was located here

Mesopotamia or Fertile Crescent

200

These skilled workers in ancient Sumer made metal products, cloth or pottery.  

Artisans

200

These often included Sumerian temples

ziggurats

200

ziggurat

religion

200

someone who makes money by buying and selling goods

merchant

300

People in Sumer were divided into this many social classes.

Three.

300

Sumerians invented this to help farmers break up the soil.

the plow

300

merchants trading goods

economy

300

a society that includes arts, sciences, government, social structure, religion

civilization

400

People who were in the highest social class of Sumerian society

Kings, priests and government officials

400

Possibly the greatest Sumerian invention

the wheel

400

written laws

politics or government

400

an interconnected system of channels and lines

network

500

People who were in the middle class of Sumerian society

Artisans, merchants, farmers, and fishers

500

This was used to write on the clay tablets

a wedge shaped reed

500

large houses

social structure

500

the use of tools and inventions that helps make lives easier

technology

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