Sumerians & Akkadians

The Sumerians used this to bring water from the rivers to their crops.

• Tigris

• Irrigation

• mud bricks

• ziggurats

Temples dedicated to the chief god or goddess of a city.

• ziggurats

• Ur

• cuneiform

• Tigris

The epic of this ruler is one of the oldest surviving works of literature

• cuneiform

• Tigris

• Ur

• Gilgamesh

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

The Sumerians lived between the Euphrates and this river

• ziggurats

• polytheistic

• Tigris

• Ur

Thought to be the largest city in ancient Sumer

• Ur

• Gilgamesh

• Tigris

• Gilgamesh

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

Sumerians were THIS, meaning they believed in many gods.

• ziggurats

• Cuneiform

• polytheistic

• irrigation

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

The Sumerians created a number system based on this number

The Sumerians created this form of writing.

• ziggurats

• cuneiform

• polytheism

• irrigation

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

The Sumerians used these to construct buildings

• irrigation

• mud bricks

• polytheistic

• Gilgamesh

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

King who established the Akkadian Empire

• Moses

• Sargon the Great

• Akkad

• Naram-Sin