Early Humans
Mesopotamia’s climate was
what is hot and dry
Skilled workers who made metal products, cloth, or pottery are called
what is artisans
People who study and write about the human past are called
What is historians
humans followed herds for food and didn't live anywhere permanent
What is nomads
a group of traveling merchants
caravans
Two rivers surrounding Mesopotamia
Tigris and Euphrates
oldest story that the Sumerians wrote
The Epic of Gilgamesh
The center of the Chaldean empire
What is Babylon
bringing water to farming areas
What is irrigation
Times of extreme cold when great sheets of ice covered parts of the earth were the
ice age
Sumerian writing system
what is cuneiform
king of the Chaldeans
Nebuchadnezzar
boys from wealthy families learning how to write
what is scribes
A mixture of copper and tin is called
Artisans, merchants, farmers, and fishers made up this group.
what is middle class
first to conquer Sumer
Who is Sargon
Mesopotamia in Greek means
what is the "land between the rivers"
Who wrote a legal code that covered most areas of daily life
Who is Hammurabi
took over the Chaldeans
Who is the Persians