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Farming
Sumerian Inventions
Sumerian Rulers
Technology
Writing
100
A benefit of farming near the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
What is silt is carried from the mountains
100
A set of rules written down
What is a law code
100
He was the first ruler to unite the Sumarian city states
Who is Sargon the Great
100
This allowed trade in far away places
What is the sail
100
Today, Sumerian writing is called this
What is cunneiform
200
The two rivers near Sumer
What are the Tigris and Euphrates
200
A large multi-level religious building
What is a ziggurat
200
The is Sargon the Great's secret to his military success
What is the chariot
200
This invention is made from sand
What is glass
200
Writing began as this
What are pictographs
300
A problem with farming near Sumer
What is flooding
300
This allowed heavy good to be traded further away
What is the wheel
300
After the death of Sargon the Great, he unites Sumer
Who is Ur-Nammu
300
This is copper and tin mixed together
What is bronze
300
Later, symbols stood for these
What are syllables
400
A Sumerian invention to make farming easier
What is the plow
400
This was developed to keep track of goods
What is writing
400
He carved his law code into stone for everyone to see
Who is Hammurabi
400
This allowed jars to be made quickly
What is the potters wheel
400
The last step in the development of writing is to develop symbols for sounds called
What is an alphabet
500
A new way of getting water to crops
What are irrigation canals
500
The Sumerian made the first math book. Their number system is based on this
What is units of 60
500
Ideas and customs spread throughout the land due to this
What is cultural borrowing
500
Based on the stary, the Mospotamians created this
What is a calendar
500
Our English alphabet originally came from this culture
Who are the Egyptians