The Sumerians
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- Sumerian's were people that had beliefs in many gods.What is this belief called
- Polytheism
- What are the five key characteristics that set Sumer apart from earlier human societies?
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1. advanced cities
2. specialized workers
3. complex institutions
4. record keeping
5. advanced technology - By 3,000 B.C. the Sumerian's had built a number of cities surrounded by what?
- Fields of barley and wheat.
- The Sumerian's created their own government and each with its own rulers which is know as what?
- a city-state
- Of the Sumerian city-states Uruk,Kish,Lagash,Umma, and Ur. Which of these still exist?
- Ur
- What were the Sumerian's earliest governments controlled by?
- the temple priests
- What is a Ziggurat?
- a pyramid-shaped structure
- Sumerian's roughly believed in over how many gods?
- 3,000
- The Sumerian's invented what?
- the wheel,the sail,and the plow
- What is a series of rulers from a single family called?
- a dynasty
- What was the Sumerian's god of clouds and wind?
- Enlil
- To the Sumerian's the lowest of all gods were demons know as what?
- Wicked Udugs
- What poem did the Sumerian's write that consists of the richest accounts of Mesopotamian myths and legends?
- the Epic of Gilgamesh
- what was a Sumerian record keeper called?
- a scribe
- What was the Sumerian's unit of land measurement called?
- iqu
- Over time the Sumerian's developed their there symbols into a complete writing system. This system was based on what?
- Cuneiform
- What did the city-states put up to mark their borders?
- Pillars
- What are the two river from the Fertile Crescent?
- Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
- What was the earliest city in part of Mesopotamia called?
- Sumer
- When did the Sumerian's settle on Mesopotamia?
- 3500 B.C.