Vocabulary I
What is the word that is a way of supplying water to land or crops?
irrigation
worship of many gods
polytheism
Mesopotamia was part of a larger region that historians call ________.
Fertile Crescent
Who is the archaeologist who discovered many Sumerian artifacts?
Sir Leonard Woolley
a system in which people exchange goods and services for other goods and services
barter
a skilled craftsman
artisan
Mesopotamia was located between which two rivers?
Euphrates and Tigris
Who established the Akkadian Empire and built the city of Akkad?
Sargon I
This word means you have more than you need.
surplus
a clay cylinder used to imprint one's signature
cylinder seal
Sir Leonard Woolley uncovered a wooden box that came to be known as the Standard of ____.
Ur
Who was the ruler of the Babylonian Empire (Amorite Civilization)?
Hammurabi
a person who job it is to record information in writing
scribe
cuneiform
the word for a group of troops in Sumer fighting with six tight rows of eight men
phalanx
Who was the prophet that God sent to Nineveh to tell the Assyrians to repent?
Jonah
a sediment of fine particles of rock and minerals found at the bottom of water
silt
a long poem about the actions of a hero
epic
a pyramid-like temple
ziggurat
Who was the king during the Chaldean Empire?
Nebuchadnezzar II