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Sumerians
Contributions/ Hierarchy
Later People of Mesopotamia
Misc.
100
This development allowed farmers to bring water to their crops.
What is irrigation?
100
These people called the land they lived in Sumer.
Who are the Sumerians?
100
This devise was used to break the hard clay soil of Mesopotamia and increased farm production.
What is the plow?
100
These people conquered the Fertile Crescent using iron weapons and chariots.
Who are the Hittites?
100
These two rivers where important to people in Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?
200
This is pyramid shaped temple tower.
What is a Ziggurat?
200
The Sumerians wrote stories, poems, and songs. Their most famous story (or epic) is written about this Sumerian King.
Who is Gilgamesh?
200
This person is at the top of the social hierarchy and was ordained by the gods.
Who is the king?
200
Using their well organized army these people fain control of the Fertile Crescent after the Hittites.
Who are the Assyrians?
200
A scribe often used this tool to mark in wet clay.
What is a Stylus?
300
Political unit consisting of a city and the surrounding countryside.
What is a City-State?
300
The Sumerians invented the worlds first system of writing, called.
What is Cuneiform?
300
This group is located between the priests and the working class. They often wore gold jewelry.
Who are skilled craftspeople.
300
After the fall of the Assyrian Empire these people rebuilt Babylon and turned the city into a center for math and astronomy.
Who are the Chaldeans?
300
Farming in Mesopotamia is difficult because they lacked this certain weather condition.
What is rainfall.
400
Ruler of a kingdom or empire.
What is a monarch?
400
Long after the Sumerians had been conquered, these people began to take interest in Sumerian lifestyle, even building temples to some of their gods.
Who are the Chaldeans?
400
Sumerians were the first people to build wheeled vehicles. Using the wheel they invented this devise to shape clay vessels.
What is a potters wheel?
400
These people expanded into the Mediterranean Sea creating a vast trading empire.
Who are the Phoenicians?
400
Tracing its roots back to the Phoenicians, we use this invention every day.
What is the alphabet.
500
These words are used to describe the division of society by rank or class.
What is Social Hierarchy?
500
The Sumerians where polytheistic, name one of their gods.
What is Enlil, Enki, Inanna, Utu, Nanna?
500
A cylinder seal will leave behind a unique impression when rolled on this type of tablet. (material)
What is a clay tablet?
500
The Phoenicians are the used shellfish to create colored dye. They used the dye to create clothing this royal color.
What is purple.
500
Between which years did settlements in Mesopotamia begin to develop into cities?
What are 4,000 and 3,000 BC