Social Studies
A tiered, pyramid shaped temple tower built that served as a religious and architectural structure
What is Ziggurat
A written legal code created by the Babylonian King Hammurabi. It was one of the first written legal documents and contained and contained 282 laws
What is Code of Laws
Highly educated professionals who were responsible for writing, reading, and interpreting texts
What is Scribe
One of the two major rivers, alongside the Tigris, that formed the fertile land between them
What is Euphrates River
One of the two major rivers, alongside the Euphrates, that formed the fertile land between them
What is Tigris River
A group of people with similar amounts of power and money due to their birth or job
What is Social Class
Painting and drawing on stone or cave walls that depict words or ideas
What is Pictograph
An ancient writing system that was used in the Middle East for over 3,000 years. The word cuneiform comes from the Latin word cuneus, which means "wedge"
What is Cuneiform
People who bought and sold goods, traveling along established trade routes to move them from one place to another
What is Merchant
An ancient civilization founded in the Mesopotamia region of the Fertile Crescent situated between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
What is Sumer
A skilled worker who made goods such as tools, cloth, and weapons
What is Artisan
A rich and nutritious soil (fertile) that was deposited on the land by the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
What is Silt
An independent, self-governing city that functioned as a small nation, with its own ruler
What is City-State
The practice of directing water from the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, through a network of canals, onto agriculture fields to provide a controlled water supply for growing crops
What is Irrigation
A large area of land with multiple city-states, where a single ruler, usually a powerful king, held full political control
What is Empire
Earth walls built along the sides of rivers to prevent flooding and to provide water for irrigation
What is Levee
The practice of developing farm crops like barley and beans, raising sheep, and utilizing sophisticated irrigation systems to farm
What is Agriculture
The geological region where the Mesopotamian civilization developed, it's land between Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Today it's modern-day Iraq, parts of eastern Syria, and southeastern Turkey or known as The Middle East
What is Southwest Asia?
A complex society with cities, a government, religion, a writing system, different jobs, and advanced technologies, all developed by people living together in settled communities
What is Civilization
the system of producing, distributing, and consuming goods and services within a society, primarily focused on agriculture, household production, and limited trade, often characterized by bartering (exchange a good for another good)
What is Economy