The Ancient Sumerians Flashcards
The study of how human societies have changed over time.
History
A group of people who are living at about the same time, or the period between two such groups.
Generation
A group of people who have organized themselves in a particular way.
Society
All the ways that a society acts, makes things, and thinks about life.
Culture
The study of found objects, such as tools, that once belonged to groups of people who lived in the past.
Archaeology
A person who studies how and why human societies have changed over time.
Historian
A ruler who has complete power over the people and who rules unfairly and cruelly.
Tyrant
A person who studies found objects that once belonged to groups of people from the past.
Archaeologist
Any object that is made or changed by man for a particular purpose.
Artifact
The person who lives in a particular town, city, or country and has all the rights and privileges available to someone living under that government.
Citizen
A large group of people who usually are related and often live near each other.
Tribe
A person who moves around, often each season, usually to find new places with fresh food for himself or his herd.
Nomad
Something people build that is designed to last a long time as a reminder of an important person or event.
Monument
The science and craft of building buildings.
Architecture
A society that is especially well organized and in which people have specialized jobs, invent and use many helpful tools, and have skills such as writing and building monuments.
Civilization
A person who learns one particular skill or craft, does it well, and then uses it to provide for the society.
Specialist
The first important civilization in Mesopotamia.
Sumer
A deep, man-made ditch through which water from a river or lake to a dry area that needs water.
Irrigation system
Having plenty of what you need.
Prosperous
The writing system of the ancient Sumerians, created from wedge-shaped symbols.
Cuneiform
The style of step pyramid, made of clay bricks, that the ancient Sumerians used as a place to worship their gods.
Ziggurat
A person who worships more than one god.
Polytheist
A person who worships only one God.
Monotheist.
A god chosen by the people to serve as the special protector of guardian of their city.
Patron god.
