Sumerian Achievements

Mesopotamia had a lot of this resource

• copper
• iron
• clay
• lapis lazuli

Sumerians created the first wheel.

• True
• False

Sumerian astronomers

• were also sailors
• discovered that the Earth is round
• developed a calendar based on the moon
• were typically ensis

The number system was based on

• 60
• 100
• 10
• 12

The number system was easily divisible into

• 100
• 4
• 360
• 200

The FIRST leaders in Sumer were

• kings
• warriors
• women
• ensis

Mesopotamian religion was

• monotheistic
• polytheistic
• based on Hebrew writing
• practiced in Egypt as well

an epic is

• a long story about a hero
• any poem about a leader
• very cool
• the Sumerian writing system

Mesopotamian script is called

• heiroglyphs
• sanskrit
• latin
• cuneiform

writing was used originally for

• trade and taxes
• poems
• laws
• religious text