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