The Sumerians Created What?

Who created the world's first advance society

Where did the Sumerians develop their civilization

Sumerians built cities surrounded by what?

Sumerians believed in one God or many "gods"?

What was a main characteristic of ancient cultures like the Sumerians?

The Sumerian kings believed that they ruled with the approval of who?

People in Sumeria wore what around their necks and performed what?

Where did the Sumerians live?

How many Sumerians were in Mesopotamia by the year 3000 BC?

Most people in Sumer were what? (How did they make their living?)

The centers of Sumerian society were were?

How many people lived in the Sumerian cities?

What is a city-state in Sumeria?

Why did the city-states in Sumeria fight?

What did the Sumerian city-states build up in order to fight one another?

Who was Gilgamesh?

Who was Gilgamesh?

Who were the Akkadians?

Who was Sargon?

What did Sargon do to the Sumerians?

What did Sargon create?

What is an empire

What was the basis for all Sumerian Society (what did they consider most important?)

What kind of religion did the Sumerians practice?

Every Sumerian had a duty to worship and serve what?

What did the Sumerians believe about the "gods"?

What did the priests do in Sumerian Society?

What is "social hierarchy"?

What was the social hierarchy in Sumeria? For example, first were the priests, then were the.....

What did the men do in Sumerian Society?

What did the women do in Sumeria?

Who were usually educated in Sumeria, the men or the women?

Were some educated women priestesses?

What was the basic political unit of Sumer?

What steps did the city-states take to protect themselves from their rivals?

What is polytheism?

Why do you think priests where so influential in ancient Sumerian society?