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The 2 main sources of fresh water for Sumerians
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
100
Considered the most important mechanical invention of the Sumerians.
What is the wheel?
100
Sumerians relied on them to tell what the gods wanted.
Who were the priests?
100
The Tigris and Euphrates flow into the...
What is the Persian Gulf?
100
I am made of stone (or metal), wood, and leather straps. I have a human on one end, and an animal on the other.
What is a plow?
200
The larger region that includes Mesopotamia
What is the Fertile Crescent?
200
These 2 innovations in farming made a surplus of food possible.
What iare the plow and irrigation?
200
By worshiping many gods, Sumerians practiced...
What is polytheism?
200
This desert is south of the Fertile Crescent.
What is the Syrian Desert?
200
I am circular and horizontal. I am always messy and have feet on me. Oh yeah! And I'm dizzy!
What is a Potter's Wheel?
300
One challenge to Sumerian farmers were months without rain
What is drought?
300
Besides the wheel, this allowed Sumerians to travel far away to trade for needed resources.
What is the sail?
300
These buildings were used for worship and store surplus grain.
What is a ziggurat?
300
The source of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
What are the Taurus Mountains?
300
I am an can be wet or dry, hard or soft, and an important resource.
What is mud or clay?
400
This material was delivered to the farmlands of Sumer the annual flooding.
What is silt?
400
This invention began as simple pictures, and developed into a system that could keep written records.
What is Cuneiform writing?
400
Be careful not to upset the gods! His power depended on it.
What is the king?
400
This flows through Egypt on its way to the Mediterranean Sea.
What is the Nile River?
400
I am slow, but strong. I am big, but get bossed around a lot. Without me, good luck with your fields!
What is an ox?
500
Mesopotamia lacked these 3 natural resources.
What is lumber, metal, and stone?
500
By observing the movement of the sun, the moon, and the stars these people figured how to keep track of time.
Who were the priest-astronomers?
500
By praying and giving offerings to the gods, Sumerians hoped to avoid these disasters.
What are wars and floods?
500
The 2 continents that the Middle East belongs to...
What are Asia and Africa?
500
I am new. I was born from a smart person. I can solve problems and meet challenges.
What is an innovation?