Geography
2 Rivers
What are the Tigris & Euphrates Rivers
They were in charge of religion and were early rulers of Sumerian city-states
What are priests?
It is an a city and its surrounding territory
What is a city-state?
The number of social classes in Sumerian civilization
What is 3?
This allowed the Sumerians to have an economy
What is division of labor?
The Fertile Crescent also is known as the __________ __ ______________
What is the Cradle of Civilization?
Massive 4 sided stepped pyramids
What are Ziggurats?
They surrounded city-states
What are walls?
This class had scribes, merchants and artisans
What is the middle class?
This was the main job in Sumer
What is farming?
This happened annually to the rivers
What is flooding?
He was legendary who searched for immortality
Who was Gilgamesh?
Sargon was from this city-state
What is Kish?
They helped priests and kings run the city-state.
What are Administrators?
This helped the economy grow.
What is trade?
It was rich in nutrients
What is silt?
It is the belief in more than one god
What is polytheism?
City-states often fought wars over this.
What is land and natural resources?
These people are sometimes a social class and sometimes considered property
What are enslaved people?
This system helped trade in the Akkadian empire
What are standard weights and measures?
They used this to increase the amount of fertile land
What is irrigation?
Nature and Natural forces
What were the Sumerian gods based on?
Ur, Uruk and Eridu
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What were thought to be the firsts city-state?
Women in Sumer were allowed to do these to things.
What are own and run businesses and property?
This is the definition of trade.
What is the exchange of goods and ideas?