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Intermediate World History A | Unit 3 | Finding Sumer
Who, What, Where
Part 1
Directions: Use the Word Bank to answer the questions and identify who helped find ancient
Sumer, what artifacts they found, and where they found them. Some of the words in the Word
Bank will not be used.
1. I am the great Greek historian who recorded old stories about ancient people. Who am I?
2. I am the Italian scholar who went to southern Mesopotamia to look for proof that the old
stories were true. Who am I?
3. I am the strange type of writing found on old bricks in southern Mesopotamia. What am I?
4. I am the mounds in Mesopotamia that rose up above the flatness of the land. What am I?
5. I am the place that held the key to unlocking cuneiform writing. Where am I?
6. I am the king who carved a message in three languages, which eventually helped scholars
decipher ancient messages. Who am I?
7. I am the pieces of pottery, tablets, helmets and spears found at an ancient site. What am I?
8. I spent twelve years excavating the Sumerian city of Ur. Who am I?
9. I am the place that is home to ancient Sumer. Where am I?
Word Bank
Iran
artifacts
Pietro della Valle
tels
Persia
Darius
hieroglyphics
Odysseus
Sir Leonard Woolley
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Iraq
Herodotus
cuneiform
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Intermediate World History A | Unit 3 | Finding Sumer
Part 2
1. Imagine you were an archaeologist working with Sir Leonard Woolley in Iraq. Which of the
discoveries do you think was the most exciting? Which discovery helped you most in determining
what had happened to the people whose remains you found? Explain your answer.
2. Suppose you were a historian studying ancient Sumer. How would your work be different from
Woolley’s work?
3. Sir Leonard Woolley worked on excavating Ur for twelve years. What years were they?
4. What kinds of changes do you think will occur in the work of archaeologists in the next hundred
years?
5. Which work would you prefer, the work of the historian or the archaeologist? Why?
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