Fertile Crescent
Where is the fertile crescent?
Asia
What is superstition?
A belief that is based on fear and ignorance rather than on the truth.
Where did Abraham go after he left Ur?
The promise land, Canaan
Who is the Sumerian moon god?
Nanna
What lays a top of a ziggurat?
An Alter
What is the Fertile Crescent sometimes called?
Cradle of Civilization
What are ziggurats?
They are tall temples the Sumerians built to worship their gods.
Which river was Ur of the Chaldees on? (Tigris or Euphrates?)
Euphrates River
Who is the most famous citizen of Ur?
Abraham
Where was Noah's ark thought to have landed?
Mount Ararat
What were the names of the two rivers surrounding Mesopotamia?
The Tigris and the Euphrates
Who taught in Sumerian schools?
Priests
Was Ur a low or high income city?
The people of Ur were very wealthy.
Who was the king who ordered the ziggurat of Ur to be built? (hint: his name contains the word "Ur")
Ur-Nammu
What did the first writing look like?
Pictures of what the writer was trying to represent.
What 2 cities are labeled on your map?
Babylon and Ur
The wheel and writing, in its earliest stage called cuneiform.
What was in the sacred area? (multiple answer)
A reserved altar for the moon god Nanna, magnificent stone temples, as well as a marketplace to buy gifts for the Nanna.
Who's tomb contained a golden headdress?
Lady Shubad (Queen Puabi)
Poems and stories were written on...
Pieces of clay
True or false: The first civilizations were NOT in Mesopotamia
FALSE
What was the shape of a seal?
A cylinder
How much of the city was covered by a strongwall?
1/4 of Ur was covered by a strong wall.
Which archaeologist discovered evidence of Noah's flood?
Sir Leonard Woolley
Name the other building technique the Sumerians first used. "The dome and the...
Arch