City Walls
What are city walls
City walls are walls surrounding a city state
What were irrigation systems.
Man made pipes or canals.
Who chose the leader of the military?
The king.
What is a Ziggurat temple?
The ziggurat temple was a massive temple made by the ancient Sumerians
Where would priests store surplus food?
In temples.
Who decided to add city walls?
Priests.
What did irrigation systems do?
Transfer water from place to place.
What social class were the soldiers recruited from?
Lower class people and slaves.
What did the Sumerians use to build their temples?
It was made from mud bricks that was from nearby rivers
What would the priests get in return for distributing the food out.
They would collect taxes such as animals and other farm products.
What did city walls do?
Defend the city from warriors.
Who put in the labor to build irrigation systems
Mostly lower class people like farmers and slaves.
What were some of the taxes going towards for the military.
Meals, uniforms, and weapons.
What was the The ziggurat temple a symbol of?
It was a symbol of the city's power.
Why did priests store extra food.
They stored extra food so that when droughts and hard times for farmers came, they could distribute it to them.
What city had the longest city wall? About how long was it?
The city Uruk had the longest city wall. It was around 5 miles long.
Why were irrigation systems created?
They were created for cities with unreliable rain fall to have consistent agriculture.
What were 4 weapons that the Sumerian military used?
Spears, shields, bows, and battle axes.
What was the Ziggurat temples used for?
The ziggurat temple was used to honor specific gods, it was served as “a connection between heaven and earth”
Why did priests keep records of the food supply.
They kept record of the food supply so they know how much they have to distribute.