Geography
Name the two rivers in this region.
Tigris and Euphrates
A system of supplying water to crops using artificial canals
Irrigation
Scribes, artisans, and merchants
Specialized workers
A towering, stepped pyramid temple built for Mesopotamian gods.
Ziggurat
The belief in many gods.
Polytheistic
What is the name of the mountain to the east of Mesopotamia?
The Zagros Mountains
Rich, fertile soil left behind after river floods.
Silt
Governments and religions
Complex institutions
A professional record keeper taught to read and write.
Scribe
They were at the bottom of the Mesopotamian heirarchy.
Slaves
How would you describe the area just outside of Mesopotamia?
Desert region, arid, dry
Complete this sentence: The flooding of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers was ____________. No one was quite sure exactly when it would happen.
Unpredictable
Record keeping
Writing systems
Wedge shaped writing system developed by Sumerian scribes.
Cuneiform
Hammurabi was the king of this empire.
Babylon
What is the nickname given to this region, stretching all the way to the Nile River Valley?
The Fertile Crescent
This is the term used when a group has more than enough food.
Surplus
Sail, calendar, and plow
Advanced technology
An independent city and its surrounding farmlands acting like a small country.
City-state
Early Mesopotamian weapons were made of this soft metal.
Bronze
What does the word Mesopotamia mean?
Land between the rivers
Alongside farming grains, ancient Mesopotamians practiced animal domestication. Which animals were most commonly raised for meat, milk, and wool?
Sheep and goats
Independent city states
Advanced cities
This invention came from the a device used to make pottery.
The wheel
Name an ancient city of Mesopotamia.
Ur, Uruk, Babylon, Ninevah.....