Vocabulary
When there is more than what is needed.
Surplus
Rivers of Ancient Mesopotamia
To believe in one God is called.
Monotheism
Wedged shaped writing.
Cuneiform
Noah and his sons lived here for 100 years.
Mesopotamia
A historical source of information written by a person, like a journal, or an official document.
Primary Source
a large region of rich farmland that stretched in Mesopotamia all the way to Egypt in a crescent shape.
Fertile Crescent
To believe in many gods is called.
Polytheism
codes that maintain justice and order to a civilization.
Laws
Grew up and lived in the city-state of UR
Abraham
A city and its surrounding area who usually all serve one King or Leader.
City-State
Waterways made by humans
Canals
Mesopotamians built towers for worship called...
Ziggurat
A tool that allows a farmer to separate the soil and plant seeds for growing crops
Plow
God warns against this but Mesopotamians spent a lot of time worshipping these.
Idols
Territories and groups of people under a single rule
Empire
A mixture of small rocks and soil lefter after a flood recedes. It made rich soil for farming.
Silt
The main character of the most famous Mesopotamian myth. He was believed to have been a King of Urak
Gilgamesh
This invention allowed vehicles to cover long distances and is used a lot today.
Wheel
In Genesis ancestors of Noah's sons plan to build a tower. Many believe it was a Ziggurat. What do we call that tower?
Tower of Babel
Mesopotamia is a greek word for....
Land between 2 rivers
The area where the Tigris and the Euphrates used to be is now dried up and a part of what geographical feature of the Middle East?
Arabian Desert
Mesopotamian god of the air, city of Nippur, and considered the most powerful god.
Enlil
Mathematical System that helped count the time in a day.
Base - 60 Number System
The Tigris and Euphrates are mentioned in the Bible so some have believed that this place could have been near there.
Eden