Ancient Sumer Vocab

a craftsperson

• challenge

  
  

• artisan

  
  

• civilization

  
  

• create

  
  

a task or problem that tests a person’s abilities

• duty
• assignment
• challenge
• task

a society marked by developed arts, sciences, government, and social structure

• civilization
• culture
• tribe
• barbarism

to bring something new into being

• invent
• create

• generate
• produce

a characteristic of civilization that includes the beliefs and behaviors of a society or group of people

• tradition
• culture
• religion
• language

writing that uses wedge-shaped characters

• hieratic script
• hieroglyphics
• runes
• cuneiform

a way of life that offers much more than what is necessary

• abundance
• excess
• luxury

• surplus

a person who makes money by selling goods

• merchant
• vendor
• trader
• seller

an interconnected system of channels or lines

• grid
• web
• network
• pictograph

someone who is trained in a particular career

• professional
• expert
• novice
• amateur