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What supported the development of the Sumerian civilization?
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The fertile land b/w the TIgris and Euphrates river
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Sumer's location was (blank) of the Nile. This is considered the (blank).
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Sumer's location was north east of the Nile. This is considered the middle east.
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The fertile crescent curves from....
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The fertile crescent curves from the Persian Gulf to Mediterranean Sea.
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How did Fertile Crescent earn it's name?
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Earned its name because of dark, rich soil and golden wheat field.
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What is the first known civilization in the fertile crescent? What does its name mean?
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Mesopotamia- the land between the two rivers
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What is a ziggurat?
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A ziggurat is a pyramid temple with a shrine at the top for the chief god/goddess of the city.
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How were buildings/houses in Sumerian cities built?
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Built with bricks made of clay.
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What did war leaders become?
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Hereditary rulers of the city
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What is a social hierarchy?
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A system of ranks of people in Sumer
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What did the highest class consist of? The middle class? The base class?
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Highest: ruling family, leading officials, high priestsMiddle: lesser priests, scribes,merchants, artisans
Base:major of pop. farmers, peasants and slaves |
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What is the difference between Egyptian and Sumerian religions?
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Egypt's afterlife was optimistic, where they'd go to Happy Field of Food and Sumer's afterlife was pessimistic, where they'd go to a grim place and never released. (Called house of dust)
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What were their beliefs about gods/goddesses?
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-they controlled every aspect of life, especially forces of nature-behaved like normal people (married, ate, drank, raised families)-gods preferred truth and justice, responsible for violence and suffering
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What was a Sumerian's highest duty?
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To keep the gods happy, keep the city safe and build a ziggurat.
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How did people win favor of the gods?
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People prayed and offered sacrifices of animal, grain and wine
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Sumerians invented earliest known writing called what?What were it's symbols?
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Cuneiform-system of pictographs, priests later developed symbols for more complicated writing
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