History Chp 2 # 4: Old Sumerian Period: Wars & Expansion

In ascending order, identify the cities that dominated Sumer during the 3rd milllennium B.C.

• Kish, Lagash, and Uruk

• Babylon, Chicago, Istanbul

• Eridu, Uruk, Ur

• Nippur, Wakanda, Babel

Why was the ancient Sumerian civilization in constant alternating states of war and peace?

• 1. Due to religious indifferences, the city-states fought with each other to destroy or overpower those who opposed their beliefs.

• Due to constant changes in the strength of city-states, stronger city-states tended to take control over their surrounding weaker city-states.

• 1. Due to their aptitude for tribal warfare, the city-states fought amongst themselves to show off their latest weaponry.

• 1. Due to constant lack of food, city-states tended to fight over any land that was agriculturally rich.

Which of the following is NOT true of the Old Sumerian Period?

• 1. Various city-states ruled over Sumer.

• 1. City-states in the period looked to expand beyond their borders.

• It was a period marked by relative peace.

• 1. It was ended with the institution of the Akkadian Empire.

The Old Sumerian Period was a period of Sumerian civilization in the ancient region of _____.

• Mesopotamia
• Greece
• Babylonia
• Egypt

What artifact gives mythical and historical information about Sumer that historians consider to be mostly accurate?

• Book of the Dead
• 1. Rosetta Stone

• TheSumerian King MonumentOdyssey

• The Sumerian King List