The Rise of Sumer Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| 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 |
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