Lesson 6 Ancient Sumer Vocabulary

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

• artisan

• culture

• challenge

• luxury

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

• professional

• luxury

• artisan

• ziggurat

A task or problem that tests a person's abilities

• network

• merchant

• create

• challenge

A craftsperson

• artisan

• luxury

• merchant

• professional

Someone who is trained in a particular career

• luxury

• civilization

• professional

• merchant

A person who makes money by selling goods

• create

• merchant

• artisan

• civilization

The use of tools and other inventions for practical purposes

• technology

• create

• merchant

• artisan

To bring something new into being

• create

• technology

• social structure

• cuneiform

An Ancient Mesopotamian temple tower with outside staircases and a shrine at the top

• create

• ziggurat

• social structure

• pictograph

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

• civilization

• technology

• social structure

• professional