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What was located in the center of the city?
Rulers Palace, large Temple, and other public buildings
They believed that the Gods did what?
That's some God's guided the things that people did such as plowing or brick making
Later Sumerian in City-states became what?
Monarchies
What was the largest social group?
Middle class
If you lived in the Sumer you were most likely a what?
Farmer, each farmer had a ploy of land located in a area around a city-state. Dams and waterways ran through this farmland.
What did the city-states go through over resources and political borders?
Wars with one another
Each city-state claimed that they had their own what?
God
Sumerian kings claimed that they what?
Their power to rule from the city's god, the First Kings were most likely war heroes
Who made up the lower class? Why?
Enslaved people because most workers had been captured in war also criminals and people who could not pay their debts often were enslaved. Enslaved men and women worked for the upper class
What were the major crops?
Wheat, barley, and dates. They raised sheep, goats, and pigs
Sometimes they went though war to win what and what?
Glory or to gain more territory
How did they honor their gods by doing what? What does it mean?
A large Temple called a ziggurat- "to rise high" in the ancient Akkadian language
Usually after the King died who took over? Who did not have political power?
The son
The wives did not have political power, but however some controlled their own land
Who were the head of the home?
Men
Skilled metalworkers had to what to obtain most of their meals? With who?
Trade with India and Egypt
What did they do when they had peace?
Trade and also agreed to help each other by forming alliances to protect their common interests
Who were only allowed at the very top of the ziggurat holy place?
Special priests
You belong to the upper class?
Kings, priests, Warriors, and government officials
Who ran the home? And what?
Woman and Taught their daughters to do the same and cared for their children
The Fertile crescent includes parts of the modern counties like...
Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Israel, and Jordan
What did the Sumerians Gods had power over?
Powers over parts of nature, such as the rain or the wind
In the early days priest of the ziggurat world what? Who helped?
City states and groups of important men helped the governor
The middle class consisted what?
merchants, farmers, Fishers, and artisans
What's the law required for adult children?
For the adult children to care for their parents if their parents needed help
Were did they built their first cites?
Uk, Uruk and Eridu