Chapter 3.4 - Sumerian Achievements Flashcards
Pictographs
Picture symbols
Cuneiform
The world’s first system of writing
Scribe
A writer
Epics
Long poems that tell the stories of heroes or kings
Architecture
The science of building
Ziggurat
A pyramid-shaped temple tower
Where did Sumerians record their writing?
On clay tablets.
Explain the difference between pictographs and cuneiform.
Pictographs are pictures that conveyed the whole idea, cuneiform is used for words and syllables.
Why was being a scribe a good job to have in Sumer?
You could work for the King and get a higher class.
Name 3 technical advances made by the Sumerians.
The wheel, plow, and clock.
Name 2 contributions to math and science made by the Sumerians.
A 12-month year and healing drugs, or medicine.
In what ways did Sumerians improve the science and the art of architecture?
Two-story houses, columns, and ziggurats.
Name 2 ways the Sumerians made advances in the arts.
They made jewelry and cylinder seals to save time for writing.
