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What did the Sumerians use their temple for?
To worship their gods and to keep donations.
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What did they use to build their houses?
Mud bricks.
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What was the name of the writing system?
Cuneiform
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Why did Sumerians build walls around the city states?
To help prevent enemies from entering their cities.
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The Sumerian communities were divided into...
City states
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Why did Sumerians invent a writing system?
Because they needed to keep track of their transactions.
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What was the name of this?
A sickle
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Did all the clay tablets have the same shape?
No. Some were flat, some cylinders and some were prisms.
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What are these called?
Pictograms
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What did Sumerians use to write?
A reed stylus.
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What is this?
A clay tablet.
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Why did pictograms become easier and more simple?
Because they needed to speed up their writing.
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Name 3 Sumerian jobs
Farmer, priest and advisor.
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Where was Sumer located?
It was located in the Southern part of Mesopotamia.
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What does Mesopotamia mean?
Land between 2 rivers.
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