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- plow
- Sumerian invention that greatly increased farm production
- clay tablets with a stylus
- What did the Sumerians use to write?
- temples
- largest and most impressive buildings in Sumer that dominated city centers
- cylinder seals
- most famous work of art; small objects of stone cylinders engraved with designs such as battle scenes or worship rituals requiring great skill to make adn rolled over clay to leave its mark
- useage of cylinder seals
- show ownership, sign documents, decorate clay objects
- 60-circle has 360 degrees, year into 12 months; all a factor of 60
- Math system basesd on the number ???.
- scribe
- a writer used to keep records
- architecture
- the science of building
- ziggurat
- pyramid-shaped temple tower that rose above each city
- sciencc and medicine
- Advancements in other areas besides math and technological
- cuneiform
- the world's first system of writing
- pictographs
- picture symbols representing objects, syllables or basic parts of words for written communication
- wheel
- important Sumerian development used to build carts and wagons
- jewelry
- popular item in Sumeria made out of imported gold, silver and gems
- becoming a scribe
- What was a way to to move up in the Sumerian social class?
- bricks made of mud
- Sumerian houses' main building blocks
- lyre
- stringed musical instrument used by Sumerians
- potter's wheel
- device that spins clay used to make bowls
- epics
- long poems that tell stories of heroes
- music and dance
- provided entertainment in marketplaces and homes
- quantity
- Sumerian pottery is known for its ??? than quality.
- The Epic of Gilgamesh
- People used poems to create ???, the story of a legendary Sumerian King.
- sewers, bronze useage for tools/weapons, makeup, glass jewelry
- Sumerian advances that improved daily life