Francia6 Sumerian Civilization

A king from Uruk became a legendary figure in Sumerian literature. What was his name?

The largest and most impressive buildings in Sumerian Cities were the Ziggurat?

The Ziggurat was a palace?

Historians believe that by 2000BC, Sumerian city populations exceeded how many people?

The basic political unit or system of Sumer was the city-state?

Why do you think priest were so influential in ancient Sumeria?

Sumerians developed the world’s first system of math based on the number?

Sumerians wrote about history, grammar, laws, mathematics and epic poems?

Name the Akkadian Emperor that established the world’s first empire?

Government officials, business and religious leaders would hirer these specialist to keep records?

Sumerians utilized ingredients from plants, animals and minerals to use in medicine?

Where did the Sumerians come from?

Which people developed the world’s first civilization in southern Mesopotamia?

What were the main building blocks of Sumerian architecture?

Did males or females hold political power in Ancient Mesopotamia?

The amount of farmland controlled by a City-State depended on the size of their Army?

Sumerians were skilled in the fields of art, metalworks and?

No women in Sumer were allowed to be priestesses or attend school?

Kings of Sumer claimed they were chosen by who to lead?

The Sumerians practiced this form of religion?

Why was writing necessary to early governments?

Cuneiform is considered the world’s first known form of writing?