Cities of Sumer

Who was the King that united the city-states of Sumer?

• Summer

• Ur

• Sargon

• Miss Harris

What is this picture of?

• scribe

• ziggurat

• empire

• cuneiform

What is cuneiform?

• The belief in many gods and goddesses

• A large pyramid with several stories built by ancient Sumerians, Assyrians, and Babylonians

• A system of writing that was developed in ancient Sumer

• A self-governing city with surrounding lands and villages

A professional writer who kept records and copied letter and official documents is called...

• a scribe

• a city-state

• an empire

• a ziggurat

This is a self-governing city that usually had lands and villages surrounding it...

• city

• city-state

• town

• state

When someone is polytheistic, they believe in _______ gods/goddesses

• many

• one

• none

A group of lands and peoples ruled by one government is called...

• a ziggurat

• a farm

• a town

• an empire

She was a Sumerian priestess, poet and daughter of Sargon

• Enheduana

• Sumer

• Gilgamesh

He was a legendary Mesopotamian king and hero.

• Enheduana

• Sumer

• Mesopotamia

• Gilgamesh

What is Sumer?

• A large pyramid.

• The belief in many gods and goddesses.

• A group of ancient city-states in Southern Mesopotamia. The earliest civilization in Mesopotamia

• King who united the city-states of Sumer to create and empire