Please answer my question brainlest Who, What, Where
Directions: Use the Word Bank to answer the questions and identify who helped find ancient Sumer, what artifacts they found, and where they found them. Some of the words in the Word Bank will not be used.
Part 1
Word Bank
• Iran
• Pietro della Valle
• Tells

• Artifacts
• Darius
• Sir Leonard Woolley

• Persia
• Odysseus
• Iraq

• Hieroglyphics
• Herodotus
• cuneiform
Questions
1. I am the great Greek historian who recorded old stories about ancient people. Who am I?

2. I am the Italian scholar who went to southern Mesopotamia to look for proof that the old stories were true. Who am I?

3. I am the strange type of writing found on old bricks in southern Mesopotamia. What am I?

4. I am the mounds in Mesopotamia that rose up above the flatness of the land. What am I?

5. I am the place that held the key to unlocking cuneiform writing. Where am I?

6. I am the king who carved a message in three languages, which eventually helped scholars decipher ancient messages. Who am I?

7. I am the pieces of pottery, tablets, helmets and spears found at an ancient site. What am I?

8. I spent twelve years excavating the Sumerian city of Ur. Who am I?

9. I am the place that is home to ancient Sumer. Where am I?


Part 2
1. Imagine you were an archaeologist working with Sir Leonard Woolley in Iraq. Which of the discoveries do you think was the most exciting? Which discovery helped you most in determining what had happened to the people whose remains you found? Explain your answer.

2. Suppose you were a historian studying ancient Sumer. How would your work be different from Woolley’s work?

3. Sir Leonard Woolley worked on excavating Ur for twelve years. What years were they?

4. What kinds of changes do you think will occur in the work of archaeologists in the next hundred years?

5. Which work would you prefer, the work of the historian or the archaeologist? Why?