Geography
Controlling Water
Sumerian Achievements
Rise of Cities
Religion/Social Structure
100
Greek word "Mesopotamia"
What is the land between the rivers?
100
A way to supply water to an area of land.
What is irrigation?
100
The worlds first writing system using wedge shaped symbols.
What is cuneiform?
100
The unit consisting of a city and the farm land around it are know as these.
What are city-states?
100
Sumerians worshiped many called also known as this.
What is polytheism?
200
These two rivers provide many resources for the Mesopotamian region.
What is the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
200
Sumerians dug out human made waterways to irrigate their fields called these.
What are canals?
200
These people knew how to write which led to advanced social status.
What are scribes?
200
Most farmers lived in this area of the city-state
What is rural?
300
Large arc of rich, fertile farm land in southwest Asia.
What is the Fertile Crecent
300
Irrigation allowed Mesopotamian farmers to produce more food than they needed which is called this
What is a surplus?
300
This advancement allowed Sumerians to carry heavy loads long distances and is still used today.
What is the wheel?
300
The Akkadian emperor to create the worlds first permanent army and conquer much of Mesopotamia was
Who is Sargon?
400
A mixture of soil and tiny rocks
What is silt?
400
Because people did not have to spend all their time farming they could be more productive doing other jobs which is known as a
What is division of labor?
400
This Babylonian emperor united most of Mesopotamia under his rule (empire) and created the first written set of 282 laws and consequences.
Who is King Hammurabi?
400
A Mesopotamian King who was the subject of one of the worlds first works of literature known as this.
What is "The Epic of Gilgamesh"
400
Priests were important in Mesopotamia because they were believed to be able to do this
What is interpret the wishes of the gods.
500
This event occured every year to bring rich soil to the land which made it ideal for farming and civilization to follow.
What are floods of the Tigris and Euphrates?
500
Farmers needed to control their water supply for these two main reasons.
What are low water levels in the summer and damaging floods in the spring.
500
This invention using the base number 60 allowed Sumerians to track when the food season would arrive.
What is the calendar?
500
Land with different territories and peoples under a single rule is known as this.
What is an empire?
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