Chapter Three Review

Top of the Sumerian social hierarchy.

• Commoners

• King

Belief in many gods

• Polytheism

• Monotheism

Farmers needed a stable _________________ supply for farming and raising livestock.

• Food

• Water

Located in Southwest Asia, between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.

• Mesopotamia

• Nile River Valley

Had powers over things like harvests, floods, illness, health,and wealth.

• Sumerian priests

• Sumerian gods

Built to try and control the river and keep a steady water supply to the fields.

• Canals

• Ziggurats

Commoners

• Priests

• Fishermen

• Merchants

Gained high status because the people believed they gained the gods' favor.

• Kings

• Priests

Used a permanent army to defeat all the city-states of Sumer.

• Sargon

• Hammurabi

Everyone knowing the laws under Hammurabi was helpful so you knew what was right and wrong.

• True

• False