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Chapter 3- Mesopotamia and the Fertile Crescent
Section 2: The Rise of Sumer
The Big Idea: The Sumerians developed the first civilization in Mesopotamia.
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An Advanced Society
A. The ______________ developed the world’s first civilization.
B. By 3000 BC, several hundred thousand Sumerians had settled in
___________________, in a land they called ___________.
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The City-States of Sumer
A. Most people in Sumer were ___________ and lived in _______, or countryside,
areas.
B. The centers of Sumerian society were the __________, or city, areas.
C. The basic political unit of Sumer was called a ________________.
D. The amount of countryside controlled by each city-state depended on its
_______________ strength.
E. City-states often fought to gain more ___________.
F. By 3500 BC, the city-state of _______ became very powerful.
G. Over the next 1,000 years, the city-states of ______ and ____ fought for control.
H. One of Uruk’s kings, ____________, became a famous figure in Sumerian
history.
III.
Rise of the Akkadian Empire
A. Another society developed along the _________ and _____________rivers.
B. It was created by the _______________ and was just north of _________.
C. The Akkadians and Sumerians lived in peace for many years until __________
sought to extend Akkadian territory.
D. He was the first ruler to have a permanent _________, which he used to launch
a series of ________ on neighboring kingdoms.
E. Sargon’s soldiers defeated all the city-states of _________ and northern
___________________.
F. Because he had control of the entire region during his reign, he established the
first ____________.
G. The Akkadian Empire stretched from the ______________ Gulf to the
______________________ Sea.
H. After Sargon’s death, his empire lasted only a _____________.
IV.
Religion Shapes Society
A. _____________ was very important in Sumerian society.
B. It was the basis for ________ in Sumerian society.
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Sumerian Religion
Sumerians practiced __________________, the worship of many ________.
Each city-state considered one god to be its special ____________________.
Sumerians believed their gods had tremendous _____________ and that success in
every part of life depended on _________________ the gods.
To gain the favor of the gods, people relied on ______________.
Sumerian Social Order
_____________ occupied a high level in Sumer’s social ____________.
Above the priests, were the _________, who claimed they had been chosen by the
_________ to rule.
Below the priests were the craftspeople, ____________, and _____________.
_____________ greatly impacted Sumerian society.
Traders exchanged ____________ for ________, __________, _________, lumber,
and precious stones.
Below the traders, ______________ and ____________ made up the large
____________ class.
_____________ were at the bottom of the social order.
Men and Woman in Sumer
Men, in Sumerian society held ________________ power and made __________.
Women took care of the __________ and _____________.
_________________ was usually reserved for men, but some upper-class
___________ were educated as well.
Those women who were ______________, often worked as __________________
in Sumer’s temples.
The daughter of Sargon, __________________, was the first known female
____________ in history.