3.1 The Rise of Sumer

p. 55)  Mesopotamia =

55) Sumerians =

56) levees =

56) Crops grown by Sumerians:
 

56) Sumerian buliding matrerial:

57) city-state=

57)  artisans =

57)  ziggurat =

57) Describe Sumerian religion:
 

57-8) Who were the servants of the Sumerian gods?

58) cuneiform =

58) scribe =

59) priest-kings =

59) Who was Gilgamesh?

60)  Who was Urukagina?
 
 

3.2 Later Mesopotamian Empires

61) Who was Sargon I, and when did he rule?
 

61) empire =
 

61) Who was Hammurabi and when did he rule?
 

61) culture =
 

61) What was Hammurabiís code of law?
 

3.3 Contributions of Sumerians

63-4) List the inventions and contributions we use today that originated with the Sumerians: