6th Mesopotamia/Sumer

Sumerians developed a number system based on 100

The area in pink is

Territory united by Sargon which included all of Mesopotamia from Mediterranean Sea to Persian Gulf

Mountains where the Tigris and Euphrates begin

Allowed cities to begin

Major problem of Mesopotamia

Lowest in Mesopotamian social hierarchy

Changes made so as to be better suited to a given environment/situation

Belief in many gods

This is a

Religious leaders

To buy and sell goods without money

Uruk had six miles of

Sumer had

Group of ancient city-states in southern Mesopotamia

World's first system of writing

A large political unit, usually under a single leader, controlling many peoples and territories

Wheat and barley are

Name the place

What is an epic?

Designated writers

Name the tool

First began as a rotating stand for pottery

Has rocky soil

The practice of producing a variety of crops or animals, or both, on one farm

All the following was believed to be true of Sumerian gods EXCEPT

The following is a picture of

A fertile region in Southwestern Asia watered by rivers and shaped like a quarter moon

Devices or implements used to carry out particular functions and make a task easier

Picture symbols which represented actual objects

One river which runs through Iraq and make the area lush and green

A lyre is

Sumerian culture spread through

Highest in Mesopotamian social hierarchy

Sumerians did not have streets, but entered their homes through the roof

Method of bringing water to fields from a source in order to water crops

Tree beloved in the ancient world

King of Uruk