Vocab
A Sumerian ______________ consisted of the city, the surrounding mud brick wall, and surrounding farmland.
city-state
Name the two rivers that surrounded Mesopotamia.
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
The Sumerians based their number system on what number?
60
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The type of government used to rule the Sumerian city-states.
monarchy
In order to control the destructive seasonal flooding of the rivers, the ancient Sumerians constructed _____________ to hold back the floodwaters.
levees
This was a large building located in the center of each Sumerian city-state.
ziggurat
This Sumerian invention that allowed farmers to prepare and plant larger areas of land more quickly.
plow
I am the only person allowed in the temple.
priest
Money was not used in Sumer, what was used?
trade/barter
The ancient Sumerians created the world's first writing system know as ________________.
cuneiform
What is another name used to describe the location of Mesopotamia?
Fertile Crescent
This Sumerian invention allowed Sumerians to travel easier to different areas to trade goods.
wheel
________________ study the artifacts and remains of past civilizations.
archaeologists
Sumerians wrote on _______________.
clay tablets
The belief in many god is called _________________.
polytheism
The word Mesopotamia means...
the land between two rivers
Sumerians recorded the position of the planets and stars and developed a __________________ based on the cycles of the moon.
12 month calendar
____________ were prisoners of war or people who had to pay of debts.
slaves
Becoming successful farmers lead to _______________.
division of labor
Fine soil deposited by rivers that created fertile farmland in Mesopotamia is called ______________.
silt
Mesopotamia is located in this present day country.
Iraq
These laws were based on "eye for an eye."
The Code of Hammurabi
A famous king who became friends with any unlikely person.
Gilgamesh
The world first empire was created by _______________ in around ______________.
Sargon/2350 B.C.
Having extra of something is classified as a ________.
surplus
City-state were locate along the ________________ because of fertile soil that could be used for farming.
rivers
Sumerians wrote _____________ that detailed the best was to plant and irrigate the land.
almanacs
Another name used for gods.
deities
A required payment given from one ruler to another more powerful ruler.
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