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| Wedge-shaped Sumerian writing system |
cuneiform |
| Leading city-state of Sumer |
Ur |
| Cheif city of Hammurabi's empire |
Babylon |
| Legendary hero of Sumerian culture. |
Gilgamesh |
| Person who is skilled in a craft |
Artisan |
| A Sumerian city and its surrounding land |
city-state |
| Organized system of laws |
code |
| Person who is skilled in writing |
scribe |
| One of the rivers bounding Mesopotamia |
Euphrates |
| Sumerian temple with many levels |
ziggurat |
| The land called Mesopotamia in ancient times is today part of |
Iraq |
| The Sumerians settled in Mesopotamia in about |
3,500 B.C. |
| The Sumerians took an important step in changing their physical environment by |
controlling the floods on the rivers. |
| At the center of each Sumerian city-state was |
a temple which was the home of the city's cheif god. |
| In Sumerian society, the middle class included |
artisans and shopkeepers. |
| What eventually happened to the city-states of Sumer? |
Sargon I, a king from northern Mesopotamia , conquered them. |
| As a ruler, Hammurabi is best remembered for |
creating a written code of laws. |
| When Sargon I united the conquered city-states, he created the world's first |
empire |
| The oldest written record known come from the culture of |
Sumer |
| The wheel, plow, and sailboats are examples of |
inventions of ancient Mesopotamia. |
