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| Question | Answer |
| The Sumerians Created What? | The world's first advanced civilization |
| Who created the world's first advance society | The Sumerians |
| Where did the Sumerians develop their civilization | Mesopotamia |
| Sumerians built cities surrounded by what? | Big thick walls |
| Sumerians believed in one God or many "gods"? | many "gods" |
| What was a main characteristic of ancient cultures like the Sumerians? | a belief in many "gods" |
| The Sumerian kings believed that they ruled with the approval of who? | The "gods" |
| People in Sumeria wore what around their necks and performed what? | They wore charms around their necks and performed rituals to avoid bad luck |
| Where did the Sumerians live? | In Mesopotamia |
| How many Sumerians were in Mesopotamia by the year 3000 BC? | Several Hundred thousand (around 300,000) |
| Most people in Sumer were what? (How did they make their living?) | They were farmers |
| The centers of Sumerian society were were? | In the cities |
| How many people lived in the Sumerian cities? | about 10,000 at first but then the cities grew to about 100,000 people by the year 2000 BC |
| What is a city-state in Sumeria? | A city-state combined the rural (farming areas) with the urban (city) areas |
| Why did the city-states in Sumeria fight? | To gain more farmland |
| What did the Sumerian city-states build up in order to fight one another? | armies |
| Who was Gilgamesh? | He was a king from one of the Sumerian city states named Uruk |
| Who was Gilgamesh? | He was a king from one of the Sumerian city states named Uruk |
| Who were the Akkadians? | The lived north of Sumer but were not Sumerians |
| Who was Sargon? | He was a king of the Akkadian's He went to war with the Sumerians |
| What did Sargon do to the Sumerians? | He conquered them by conquering all their city-states |
| What did Sargon create? | The world's first empire |
| What is an empire | A land with different territories an peoples who are all under a single rule (from a king or state) |
| What was the basis for all Sumerian Society (what did they consider most important?) | Religion |
| What kind of religion did the Sumerians practice? | Polytheism (Many Gods) Poly (many) Thei(gods) |
| Every Sumerian had a duty to worship and serve what? | The "gods" |
| What did the Sumerians believe about the "gods"? | They believed they could bring good things or bad things to the people depending on if they were pleased with the people |
| What did the priests do in Sumerian Society? | They interpreted the wishes of the "gods" and made offerings to them |
| What is "social hierarchy"? | The division of society by rank or class |
| What was the social hierarchy in Sumeria? For example, first were the priests, then were the..... | 1. Craftspeople, Merchants and traders 2. Farmers and laborers (workers) 3. Slaves |
| What did the men do in Sumerian Society? | The made laws and held political power |
| What did the women do in Sumeria? | They took care of the home and children |
| Who were usually educated in Sumeria, the men or the women? | Generally the men but sometimes the women (the upper class women) |
| Were some educated women priestesses? | Yes |
| What was the basic political unit of Sumer? | The City-State |
| What steps did the city-states take to protect themselves from their rivals? | They built armies, defended themselves and went to war with each other |
| What is polytheism? | The worship of many "gods" |
| Why do you think priests where so influential in ancient Sumerian society? | The interpreted the wishes of the "gods' who had the power to do good or evil to the people |
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