Ancient Sumer Reading

What is the name of the artifact that depicts scenes of war and peace in ancient Sumer?

• Standard of Ur

• Code of Hammurabi

• Rosetta Stone

• Epic of Gilgamesh

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Remembering

Which invention by the Sumerians was used to prepare the soil for planting?

• Plow

• Wheel

• Arch

• Chariot

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Remembering

The Sumerians developed a written language called _______.

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Remembering

What was the primary purpose of the ziggurats in Sumerian cities?

• Religious worship

• Military defense

• Trade and commerce

• Residential housing

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Analyzing

Sumerians used a wedge-shaped stylus to write on ______ tablets.

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Remembering

Give 3 pieces of evidence from the reading that prove that Sumer was a civilization.