Chapter Three Study Guide

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Wedge-shaped Sumerian writing system

cuneiform

Leading city-state of Sumer

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.