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True or False: Many types if art developed in Sumer.
True
True or False: Religion played a major role in Sumerian society.
True
True or False: The Sumerians invented the world's first alphabets.
False. The Sumerians invented the world's first writing system.
True or False: The Sumerians had to create a division of labor in order to keep things in order.
True
_______________ is the world's first writing system.
Cuneiform
What is having to do with the city?
Urban
Pictographs
Someone who writes and is a record keeper, is called a ___________.
Scribe
Ziggurats are what kind of shaped towers?
Pyramid-shaped
What is the worship of many gods called?
Polytheism
Having to do with the countryside, is called ________________.
Rural
What is it called when someone writes a long poem, telling a story about a hero?
epIcs
What do you call people who can perform religious ceremonies?
ex. Bless you on your birthday.
Priest
What is Social Hierarchy?
A division of society by rank or class.
What two rivers did the Sumerians live next to?
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
What advances and inventions changed Sumerian lives?
Technical
What is the science of building?
Architecture
What did the Sumerians create? The world's first ____________ society.
The Sumerians created the world's first advance society.
Who was the first emperor who established the world's first empire?
Sargon
Who was the Uruk king who fought Enkidu?
Gilgamesh