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Geography
Sumer
Social Groups
Contributions
Empires
100
fine particles of soil
What is silt?
100
The type of belief system where the Sumerians worshiped many gods.
What is polytheism?
100
Another name for an official record keeper
What is a scribe?
100
A person who studied planets or stars.
What is an astronomer?
100
This person wrote the legal code that covered most areas of daily life in Mesopotamia.
Who is Hammurabi?
200
The name of the place in history around 3000 B.C. that is now present day Turkey, Iraq, Lebanon, Israel, and Jordan
What is the Fertile Crescent?
200
Sumerians tried to gain this when going to war.
What are resources, political borders (territory), and/or glory?
200
Metalworkers had to do this in order to obtain (get) metal
What is trade with other peoples?
200
A system of writing developed by the ancient Sumerians.
What is cuneiform?
200
This person formed the world's first empire, which lasted over 200 years.
Who is Sargon?
300
The season in Mesopotamia when water was scarce
What is summer?
300
The first Sumerian kings were probably this
What are war heroes?
300
Sumerian artisans, merchants, farmers, and fisherman consisted of (made up) this social group.
What is the middle class?
300
A long poem that tells the story of a hero.
What is an epic?
300
This group rebelled against the Assyrians.
Who are the Chaldeans?
400
These two rivers define the area known as Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?
400
A pyramid shaped structure with a temple on the top to honor the Sumerian city-state's god.
What is a ziggurat?
400
A group of merchants traveling together, often with many camels.
What is a caravan?
400
A system of supplying dry land with water through ditches, pipes, or streams.
What is irrigation?
400
This army numbered around 50,000 soldiers, including infantry, cavalry, and charioteers.
Who was the Assyrian army?
500
A large territory or group of many territories governed by one ruler.
What is an empire?
500
A city that governs itself and its surrounding territory.
What is a city-state?
500
A payment made to a ruler or state as a sign of surrender.
What is a tribute?
500
This invention by the Sumerians helped with the creation of the chariot.
What is a wheel?
500
These people of the north mastered iron production and helped the Assyrian army.
Who are the Hittites?