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The Rise of Sumer
Question | Answer |
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Polytheism | The belief of multiple gods. |
What power did the Sumerian's believe their god's possessed? | They believed they could bring sickness, health, and wealthiness. |
Why did priests gain high status in Sumer? | People believed that they could talk to the gods. |
What was Sumer's social hierarchy? | Kings lived in the top or point of the village then people who worked for the king then middle class, and then lower class. |
What were men's roles? | A man's role was farming, or working for the king |
What were woman's role? | Staying home and watching the kids. |
What is Rural? | Rural is country sides. |
What is Urban? | Urban is the city |
What were city states? | City states were a combination of country sides (Rural) and cities (Urban) |
How did city states get along with each other? | They didn't! They were always fighting for either land, food, or water. |
How was Sargon able to build the first empire? | He was in very high power in the military. He won most of Sumer and built the first empire |
What is an empire? | An empire is land with different territories and people under a single ruler. |
Cuneiform | The Sumerian system of writing, which used symbols to represent basic parts of words |
Pictographs | Picture symbols that represented objects such as trees or animals. |
Scribe | A writer |
Epics | Long poems that tell stories of a hero. |
Architecture | The science of building. |
Ziggurat | A pyramid shaped temple tower |