Sumer Flashcards
Who were the Sumerian priests
They taxed farmers who wheat and barley.There were the highest power and we’re go-betweenness with God.Sumerian priests made the first empire in 2935 BCE it lasted 200 years.
What is Sumer?
A small region only the size of Massachusetts holding most city-states
Who is Sargon of Akkad?
A military leader of the northern city-state of Sumer.
Describe the life of Sumerian society,social classes and roles of women.
Priests and Kings were classified the highest. Next were wealthy merchants.The lowest ranks were slaves. Social classes men and women. Some women were scribe. Women couldn’t attend higher class schools with boys.
Why were Sumerians able to establish civilization around 5,000 BCE In the Tigris and Euphrates river valleys.
They made multiple city-states that acted like modern day countries. Priests were in charge of the government an taxed farmers with Crops
What’s the Code of Hammurabi?
He set the world’s first laws regarding trade, crime, and punishment.He spoke 4 different languages.His codes were carved into stone columns. On the top of the stone is the sun god Shamash giving the scroll of 282 laws to Hammurabi.
