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Meso. Sect. 2
Mesopotamia Section 2 (21-22)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who were the people who developed the world's first civilization? | The Sumerians |
| What is the name for countryside areas? | rural |
| What is the name for city like areas? | urban |
| What is a city-state? | It consisted of a city and all the countryside around it. |
| The amount of countryside controlled by each city-state depended on what? | Their military strength. Stronger city-states controlled larger areas. |
| Who was one of Uruk's kings who became a legendary figure in Sumerian literature? | Gilgamesh |
| Who built the capital, Akkad, on the Euphrates River, near what is now the city of Baghdad? | Sargon |
| Sargon was the first ruler to have what? | a permanent army |
| Sargon established the world's first what? | empire |
| What is land with different territories and peoples under a single rule called? | empire |
| What is polytheism? | the worship of many gods. |
| Who are priests? | people who perform religious ceremonies. |
| What is social hierarchy? | the division of society by rank or class. |
| Describe the social order/ hierarchy. | Kings were at the top, below them were priests, below them were skilled craftspeople, merchants, and traders. Below them were farmers and laborers. At the very bottom were slaves. |
| What were the roles of men and women in Sumer? | The men held political power and made laws, while women took care of the home and children. |
| rural | countryside areas |
| urban | city areas |
| city-state | consisted of a city and all the countryside around it |
| empire | land with different territories and peoples under a single rule. |
| polytheism | the worship of many gods |
| Priests | people who performed religious ceremonies |
| social hierarchy | the division of society based on social rank |
| Which social group was at the top of the social pyramid? | kings, government officials and priests were at the top |
| 10. Which group (occupation) was in the lowest class of the free people in the Sumerian social hierarchy? | farmers and laborers |
| Where scribes more at the top of the social pyramid or at the bottom? | They were higher up on the social pyramid because they were hiighly repected and valuable to the king. |
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