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What was the purpose of cuneiform, the world's first writing system?
What was the purpose of cuneiform, the world's first writing system?
- To trade with other city-states
- To write stories and myths
- To primarily keep records (correct)
- To create colorful art and sculptures
What was the Great Ziggurat at Ur built for?
What was the Great Ziggurat at Ur built for?
- The Sun God Shamash
- The Moon God Nanna (correct)
- The Sky God Anu
- The Earth Goddess Ninhursag
What was the Sumerian belief about the afterlife?
What was the Sumerian belief about the afterlife?
- A joyful place called Elysium
- A peaceful place called Valhalla
- A sad place called Irkalla (correct)
- A mysterious place called Avalon
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- Sumerian city-states had powerful kings and traded with each other
- Sumerians believed in many gods and prayed to them for help and blessings
- They built beautiful temples and made colorful art and sculptures
- Sumerian culture influenced subsequent civilizations and their beliefs, language, and art
- Cuneiform, the world's first writing system, was developed by the Sumerians
- Cuneiform was created by pressing a wedge-shaped stylus into clay tablets
- Its purpose was primarily for record-keeping but also contained stories, myths, and poems
- The Great Ziggurat at Ur was a famous temple made for the Moon God Nanna
- Sumerians believed in an afterlife in a sad place called Irkalla
- The legacy of Sumerian culture lives on in history books and literature today.
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