Download Study Guide #3: The Rise of the Sumerian Empire

Study Guide #3: The Rise of the Sumerian Empire
Ancient Sumer: ( ___________B.C to 2006 B.C)
-Located in __________________Mesopotamia.
-___________Mesopotamia is better for farming than the _________
Great Sumerian Contributions (5 of them)
Number 1: ______________________
-These are ________________shaped symbols
-This written language has ______________characters!!
-The _________ would carve the symbols on __________tablets.
-They were then baked, or cooked, under the _________.
-This was the first recorded written language!!
Number 2: _________________
-These were first used on Mesopotamian _________carts and
__________chariots.
Number 3: __________________
-These were stories of __________ heroes
-The Epic of ________________. Half ______ and half ________.
-He ruled the city-state of ________.
-This is the world’s oldest known mythical story!
Number 4: ___________________
-In the center of the city stood a towering temple or a _____________
-A ziggurat is a large _____ brick __________.
-Ancient Sumerians practiced ___________________.
-Polytheism is a belief in _______ than ____ God!
-Ancient Sumerians had ______________ of Gods!!
-Every God had their own ___________ .
-Every single object had its own God!
Our culture is Monotheistic: We have a belief in only _____ God!
Number 5: _________________ or _________ System
-Sumerians need for ______ came out of the need for ________ keeping.
-They also used it for purposes of _________.
-We continue to use their number system based on ______
-We use it for ___________ ___________!