Geography
The Land Between 2 Rivers
What is Mesopotamia
He created the world's first empire by uniting city-states.
What is Sargon of Akkad?
major transportation invention was used by ancient Sumerians to move heavy goods on land.
What is the Wheel cart?
The Tigris and Euphrates
What is the rivers in Mesopotamia?
They build houses out if these materials
What is clay, mud bricks and reeds
Polytheism, the belief in many gods
What is the type of religion did ancient Mesopotamians practice
The artificial application of water to land or crops to help plants grow when rainfall is not enough
What is irrigation?
King Hammurabi of Babylon is best remembered today for creating
What is A famous set of written laws?
The specialized job did people in Mesopotamia hold if their main duty was to write down laws, trade records, and stories
What is Scribe?
Large stepped pyramids built as temples for the gods
What is the ziggurats?
The wedge-shaped writing system developed by the Sumerians
What is Cuneiform?
The exchange of goods in different civilizations.
What is trade?
Annual river flooding left behind rich, nutrient-filled silt
What is the Fertile Crescent?
Clay tablets were used for
What is cuneiform writing?
Extra food
What is surplus?