Ancient River Valleys
Around which two rivers did the ancient Sumerians, then Akkadians, and then Babylonians live?
The Tigris and Euphrates
When did Sumerian civilisation first appear?
4500 BC
Name a Sumerian invention
The wheeled cart, sundial, writing, algebra and geometry, charted constellations.
Around which river did ancient Chinese civilisation first spring up?
The Huang He River (or Yellow River)
Name a Sumerian city-state.
Ur, Uruk, or Eridu
What is cuneiform?
The Sumerian system of writing
Around which river did ancient Egyptian civilisation spring up?
The River Nile
What were Sumerian cities built out of?
Mud brick
What is a ziggurat?
A step-pyramid
The Indus River
What was the 'step-pyramid' temple in Sumerian cities called?
The Ziggurat
Which modern country occupies the land where Sumeria was?
Iraq
What does 'Mesopotamia' mean?
The land between the rivers
When did Sumerian civilisation disappear?
1750 BC
What does it mean when we say Sumerians were polytheistic?
They had many gods.