3.1
What is silt?
fine, fertile soil deposited by a river
Who is the highest ranked leader of Mesopotamia called?
the king
A person who writes and keeps records is called
a scribe
What is Mesopotamia?
the region where the Tigris and Euphrates rivers flow
The Tigris and Euphrates rivers surround a land called
Mesopotamia
What is a surplus?
more than you need
The belief in many gods is called...
polytheism
What is a pictograph?
picture writing
the region in Southern Mesopotamia that is also the very FIRST civilization...
Sumer
What is the Fertile Crescent?
where there is fertile silt.
What is a drought?
when not enough rain or snow falls
What is a city-state?
a city and its surrounding farmland
What is a stylus?
a sharpened reed use to write and make markings in clay tablets
During a war, Sumerians chose ____ to protect them
a king
The first civilization in Mesopotamia that built canals and tools from bronze
Sumer
What type of climate is semiarid?
hot and dry
an advanced form of culture
Wedge shaped writing is called...
cuneiform
food surplus
The center of city life where priests collected money and preformed religious rituals
the ziggurat
What is a floodplain?
The largest most important structure in Sumer
a ziggurat
A mixture of copper and tin, that they made tools out of
Name 2 things they would do at the ziggurat
1. temple to pray
2. offerings to gods
3. trading
4. hold meetings for government
pictograph