Vocabulary
System of writing that uses triangular-shaped symbols to stand for ideas or things
cuneiform
Mesopotamia is located in modern day...
Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, and Syria. The civilization of Babylon is in modern day Iraq
Which of these is not a Sumerian city-state?
Ur, Lagash, Nippur, Babylon
Babylon
Who created the first empire?
King Sargon
Skilled craftsmen who read and wrote cuneiform were known as ______
scribes
Supply water to crops
irrigate
What was the role of the priest in Sumerian civilization?
communicate with the gods
In ancient Assyria, why did they call iron the gift from the heavens?
Because it came from meteorites
Mesopotamia lies between which 2 rivers?
Tigris and Euphrates
How did a steady food supply affect the development of Sumerian cities?
It allowed people to stay in one place
What is a ziggurat?
pyramid-shaped brick temples
What is the Greek translation of the word "Mesopotamia"?
land between the rivers
A set of laws that governed life in the Babylonian Empire was called...
Hammurabi's Code
Who were the first ones in Mesopotamia to have iron weapons?
The Assyrians
Who were the first kings in Sumerian Civilization?
Priests
What is polytheism?
The belief in more than one god
What was the main reason that the Sumerians invented writing?
to keep track of what a person owned and for trade records
Name 3 inventions of the Mesopotamians
wheel, sail, plow
Sumerian civilization started to crumble when city-states began fighting over_______
land, due to too much irrigation
An effect of Sargon uniting city-states was____
Akkadian and Sumerian cultural traits spread throughout the region
What is the order of the Mesopotamian empires?
Akkadian, Old Babylonian, Assyrian, New Babylonian
What does the prefix "cunei" mean?
triangular shaped
The Assyrians favorite sport was___
lion hunting
Each city-state had its own government, laws, and ____
worship of main god
Sumerian farmers developed a _____to make planting faster and easier
seed funnel