Ancient Sumer Lesson 5 Flashcards
civilization
a society marked by developed arts, sciences, government, and social structure
stable food supply
to ensure that the people of a society have the food they need to survive
social structure
the way a civilization is organized with different social levels and jobs
system of government
to ensure that life in the society is orderly
religious system
involves both a set of beliefs and forms of worship
technology
the use of tools and other inventions for practical purposes
networks
an interconnected system of channels or lines
classes of people
top- priests, landowners, and government officials; middle - merchants and artisans, farmers and fishers; bottom - slaves.
merchants
a person who makes money by selling goods
artisans
a craft person
Scribes
a person who writes
ziggurats
an ancient Mesopotamian temple tower with outside staircases and a shrine at the top. Sumerians believed that their gods lived in the ziggurats
culture
a characteristic of civilization that includes the beliefs and behaviors of a society or group of people
the wheel.
most important Sumerian invention was the wheel. The earliest examples of the wheel date back to 3500 B.C.E
cuneiform
writing that uses wedge-shaped characters
