Achievements
First way to provide transportation made by the Sumerians.
The Wheel
area of fertile land in the middle east.
Fertile Crescent
A monarch that made a set of 282 laws.
Hammurabi
effect or result
impact
people who grew crops and made food.
farmers
man-made waterway to control the rivers flow.
Canal
two rivers in south west Asia surrounding Mesopotamia.
Tigris and Euphrates River
A legendary figure in Sumerian literature.
Gilgamesh
long poems or _____
epics
people who built bulidings
Architects
letters used to create words.
Alphabet
a body of water located at the end of the Fertile Crescent
Persian Gulf
people who worked for their master
slaves
The first system of writing
Cuneiform
person who wrote epics on clay tablets.
Scibes
something used to treat symptoms made by Sumerians.
Medicine
Phoenicians used this body of water for trades.
Mediterranean Sea
A ruler of a kingdom or empire
monarch
These two people rebuilt Babylon
Nebuchadnezzar & Hammurabi
people who hunt animals and gather crops
hunter-gather
way of supplying water to land or crops
irrigation
located above the Tigris River ( land feature)
Zagros Mountains
People who preformed religious ceremony
Priests
The first ruler of a permanent army
Sargon
due to division of labor people came to work as_________.
craftsmen