Geography
the society, culture, and way of life in a particular region
What is a civilization?
The worship of many gods
What is polytheism?
Triangle-shaped symbols, which could stand for syllables or entire words, that were imprinted on clay tablets using a reed stylus.
What is cuneiform?
Type of government where a single king or queen rules a civilization; believed that these rulers got their power to rule from the gods.
What is monarchy?
Mesopotamia was located between these two rivers.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?
Greatly respected in Mesopotamian civilizations because it was believed they could directly communicate with the gods and make offerings
Who were priests?
Uses of cuneiform.
What is business records on taxes and trade?
Political unit with a city and the surrounding area; each had its own government and worshipped a main god.
What is a city-state?
Large region of rich farmland near the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers and between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean Sea
What is the Fertile Crescent?
Pyramid-shaped temple towers.
What are ziggurats?
Conquered all of northern Mesopotamia and establish the Akkadian Empire, which was the first empire in world history
Who was Sargon?
Two major bodies of water that surround Mesopotamia.
What are the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf?
poem about a superhuman Sumerian king who fights demons for glory and wants to live forever.
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?
Helped transport people and heavy objects over long distances in a shorter amount of time
Territories and groups of people from different lands under a single rule.
What is an empire?
A division of society that is based upon one’s rank or class.
What is social hierarchy?
Method of supplying water to an area of land or crops AND human-made waterways, that would transport a controlled amount of water from the rivers to the fields.
What are irrigation and canals?
A monotheistic religion in ancient Mesopotamia that was about a cosmic battle to help good defeat evil in the universe.
What is Zoroastrianism?
Assembled one of the oldest sets of written law codes in history and displayed them publicly throughout his empire.
Who is Hammurabi?