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Chapter 5 study tool
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How did Sumer have a government? | Sumer had kings that lead the army, governors to help rule, and scribes to record laws. |
| How did Sumer have Social Structure? | Sumer had a higher class, a middle class, and a lower class. The higher class were priests and government officials, middle class people were craftsmen and merchants, and the lower class were slaves. |
| How did Sumer have writing ? | Sumer had a highly developed written language called cuneiform which was based on pictographs. They also used styluses. |
| How did Sumer have art? | Sumer made jewelry, cups, weapons, mirrors, and more. They also made music and fancy temples and ziggurats ( architecture ). |
| How did Sumer have religion? | Sumer citizens believed in a set of gods . The built ziggurats, temples, and statues representing the gods. |
| How did Sumer have technology? | Sumer had arches, wheels, tools, pottery, carts, chariots, and clay blocks. |
| How did Sumer have a stable food supply? | Sumer had plows to plant seeds, they had canals, dams, and reservoirs, and a complex irrigation system. |