Sumerian Civilization
Across
- 3. Sumer invention used falling water to measure time
- 4. the science of building
- 6. land w/diff. territories & peoples under a 1 rule
- 10. city-state that rebuilt its power and conquered Sumer
- 14. what Sumerians wrote on with a stylus
- 15. picture symbols 1st used in writing
- 18. Sumerian farmers, laborers, & merchants
- 20. lived at the very top of the ziggurats
- 21. evidence shows Ur even traded with a distant ______
- 22. daughter of Sargon 1st female writer ever
- 24. epic hero and King of Uruk
- 25. had great power in Sumer led religious ceremonies
- 28. kept records of govt. & merchants business
- 29. Kings hired them for entertainment
- 30. capital of the Akkadian Empire
- 31. lived just north of Sumer
- 32. animal used to symbolize fertility and strength
- 35. southern modern day Iraq
- 36. 1st writing system invented by Sumerians
- 37. in Sumer did not have political power
Down
- 1. pyramid shaped temple rose from center
- 2. Sumerians invented this to spin clay
- 5. used to show ownership also works of art
- 7. long poems that tell stories of heroes
- 8. tools and weapons made of this metal alloy
- 9. central city & all the surrounding countryside
- 11. Sumerian invention broke hard clay soil
- 12. Sumerians ___________ their medical knowledge
- 13. healing drugs made from animals and plants
- 15. worship of many gods
- 16. Sumerians were best at this art of clay
- 17. the division of society by class or rank
- 19. 1st emperor; established 1st permanent army
- 23. barrier surrounding the cities
- 26. at the bottom of Sumerian society
- 27. math system of Sumerians used a base of _______
- 33. made from clay dried in the sun
- 34. each city-state had a god protector called a