Inventions
The first writing system invented by the Sumerians?
What is cuneiform?
Independent cities in Sumer
What are city-states
The land between the rivers
What is Mesopotamia
The Sumerians used these to write on
What are clay tablets
The primary crop of Sumer
what is Barley
Tools the Sumerians invented to help with farming
What is the plow
Ancient people that conquered the Sumerians
Who are the Babylonians
What type of climate does Sumer have
Hot and dry
The Sumerians used this tool to write with
What is a stylus
Sumerians got lumber for building through
Trading with other civilizations; Lebanon
Boat the Sumerians created for trade
What is a sailboat?
The city-states formed along the banks of what rivers
Tigris and Euphrates
The soil of Mesopotamia is mostly
Silt and sand
why did the Sumerian tablets survive so long?
the hot dry climate preserved them
The role of priest kings was to
organize farmers; build irrigation systems.
Calendar system did the Sumerians developed
What is the lunar calendar
large buildings used for religious purposes in Sumer
What are ziggurats
This natural disaster usually happens in the spring in Sumer.
What is flooding
the original purpose of the writing was
To track goods
If I wasn't a farmer in Mesopotamia I mostly likely worked, one of these jobs
Numerical system did the Sumerians developed that is still used today
What is the base-60 system
How long did the Sumerians dominate the area?
1500 years
The types of trees that normally grew in Sumer
What are palm trees
writing evolved from representing pictures or ideas to representation of
What is sounds
where were high quality crafts and artifacts discovered?
Royal Tombs