Vocab
A Sumerian temple to honor their chief God was called a _____________.
Ziggurat
Because the conditions were good for farming the first civilizations arose in _______________.
River Valleys
Bronze was an important technological advancement that was used to make ___________.
Weapons
In Mesopotamia floods deposited silt, which made the soil _____________.
fertile
The Sumerians used technology to develop a system which supplies water to crops. What is this system called?
Irrigation
What was the name of the first Mesopotamian city?
Uruk
Bronze was an important technological advancement because it was _________________ than copper.
Stronger
What inventions helped improve transportation?
The wheel and the triangular sail.
What is a trading system in which people exchange goods directly without using money?
A barter system.
Thanks to the invention of irrigation people began settling in _________ ____________ where growing crops may not be possible during the hot _______ summers.
New areas
Dry
Laws that were written were called what?
Law codes
Sumerians developed a calander that has 12 months and how many days in each month?
30
The belief in more than one God is known as what?
Polytheism
The Sumerians created the invention where the oxen plows the farmland to prepare for the seeds to be planted. What was the other invention that they created to make farming easier?
The seed funnel
The Sumerians believed that kings were chosen by who?
The Gods
The earliest known law code was issued by the king of Ur named ________?
Ur-Nammu
What is Cuneiform
The ancient writing system developed by the Sumerians.
What is the fine, fertile soil that comes down from the mountain?
Silt
Mesopotamia means “land between the rivers.” Which two rivers is Mesopotamia between?
Tigris and Euphrates
The stories abouth Gilgamesh, in the Epics of Gilgamesh are about what?
It is a made up story of gods and heroes, however some believe the story was about a real king.