Chapter 3 lesson 2 Flashcards
What did Cities in Sumer develop in to?
City States
Ur, Kish, Uruk and Eridu developed into what type of city because of their economic surpluses?
City States
What is a City State?
A walled City and the land around it
had its own government
How big were city states?
from several square miles to later as big as 1500 square miles
How many people in a city state?
5,000 to 60,000 people
what made city states similar?
- shared culture
- similar relies practices
- spoke sumerian language
- developed writing system
- created buildings, arts and crafts unique to sumerian society
WHAT WERE SOME ACHIEVEMENTS OF SUMERIANS?
technology such as
irrigation
WHy did a monarchy develop in Sumeria?
When faced with war different leaders of each city state could not figure out what to do -so one leader was needed
A governing system ruled by a king or queen?
Monarchy
Did Sumerian city states always have queens or kings as the leader of their monarchy?
Kings —-Always
What made SUmerian monarchies more stable when passing down leadership?
they passed it down to their sons
The king had complete _________ over religion, power economy trading and everyday life.
Authority
DId the king have help in running the city states? who?
yes- he appointed people to carry out his orders and also had priests
WHat type of religion did Sumerians practice?
polytheism
order of higher archy of power in Sumeria
- kings
below kings were the priests
