Geography of Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia is this modern day country.
Iraq
Southern Iraq
The word Mesopotamia means.....
The land between the rivers.
Sumerians are given credit for creating this solid wood circle that helped transportation.
The wheel
These people were the writers.
Scribes
The word Neolithic means....
New Stone
Mesopotamia was located on a curved strip of land called the:
Fertile Crescent
This is the system that supplied dry land with water.
Irrigation
Sumerians created this style of writing.
Cuneiform
This substance was left behind after floods.
Silt
These are people who move from place to place.
Nomads
These are the two rivers that supported life in Mesopotamia.
Tigris and Euphrates
This word means having more than enough or an extra amount.
Surplus
Sumerians invented this water travelling vehicle.
Sailboat
Most people in the middle class were this profession.
Farmers
A copy of a newspaper article about Martin Luther King's assassination that was released in 1968 is what type of source?
Primary
Mesopotamia was called this because of the many civilizations that it influenced.
Cradle of Civilization
This is the belief in more than 1 god.
Polytheism
Sumerians invented this military vehicle.
Chariot
This man was known for having strict and harsh laws in Babylon.
King Hammurabi
A map that shows state and country boundaries is this type of map.
Political
City-States developed in Mesopotamia because they were surrounded by this type of terrain.
Desert
This is the place where Mesopotamian's thought that the gods lived.
Ziggurat
Name 4 inventions created by the Sumerians
Wheel
Plow
Sailboat
Chariot
Cart
60 sec. minute
60 minute hour
This epic is known as the oldest written story in the world.
The Epic of Gilgamesh
These people dig for and study artifacts.
Archaeologist