Standards 5 and 6
Rivers that helped Mesopotamia get its name
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Science of extracting and working with metals
Metallurgy
This person was 1/3rd man and 2/3rds god
Gilgamesh
First empire in history
Sumer
Celestial body that the Sumerians based their calendar on
Moon
Body of water that divides North Africa from Southern Europe
Mediterranean Sea
Combination of dams and canals that helped get water from where the water was to where the water was needed
Irrigation
Oldest known copy of the Epic of Gilgamesh dates back to this year before the common era
2100 BCE
Empire that used iron weapons to rule
Assyrians
First used to shape clay then to move carts
Wheel
Deposited by the river after flooding that helped the land be more fertile for growing crops
Silt
City that is larger than a regular city and runs more like a state
City-state
There are over 200 of these kinds of stories, like Noah and the Ark, from all over the world
flood stories
Empire that took over after they defeated the Chaldeans
Persians
Oldest known story in history
Epic of Gilgamesh
Nickname for Mesopotamia
Cradle of civilization
Since people had more stuff, wanted more stuff, and wanted to do thing faster and over longer distances we saw an increase in these two things
Trade and transportation
When the ruler of a monarchy dies, this person usually becomes the new leader
Oldest son or next oldest male family member
Belief in more than one god
Polytheism
Oldest known form of writing in history
Cuneiform
Major crops of Mesopotamia, also known as cereals
Wheat and Barley
The location of Sumer in Mesopotamia.
Southern Mesopotamia
Said to have been the King that ordered the writing of what is now the oldest known law code in history
Hammurabi
The two main numbers that Sumerians counted by
12s and 60s
Only Mesopotamian location on the list of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
Hanging Gardens of Babylon