Vocabulary
a temple where Sumerians believed gods and goddesses ruled the city
ziggurat
believe in Gods
polytheistic
Nobles
1 reason nomads stayed in Mesopotamia
can be: food, water, rich soil, many crops
Most important building
ziggurats
First form of writing
cuneiform
worked for nobles and palaces. Farmers, fishermen, and crafters.
commoners
Commoners and Craftsmen
2 reason nomads stayed in Mesopotamia
can be: food, water, rich soil, many crops
Purpose of a Ziggurat
Place of worship for the gods and goddesses
a wanderer
nomad
Known recorded language
cuneiform
Bottom of the Hierarchy
Farmers and slaves
1 fact about the Sumerian economy
can be something about:
farming, trade, supplies, stone, wood, mud, clay, rivers, soils, and crops.
How did the wheel change society then?
helped with irrigation, milling, pottery making.
a strict and harsh set of laws
Code of Hammurabi
The land between two rivers
The smallest group of the population on the social hierarchy
Nobles
2nd fact about Sumerian economy
can be something about:
farming, trade, supplies, stone, wood, mud, clay, rivers, soils, and crops.
How did the wheel change society now?
Helps with transportation and machinery.
an area of land in the Middle East, located around the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Fertile Crescent
Developed between 3300-3000 BC
city-states
90% of the population on the Social Hierarchy
Farmers and slaves
Describe the Code of Hammurabi
variety of answers
(282 laws, strict, severe, cruel leader, Sumerians lived in fear, unequal treatment, death)
What is considered one of the greatest achievements of man kind?
The wheel