Vocabulary
This was the first large army to use iron weapons
Who are the Assyrians?
This is group of many different lands under one ruler.
What is an empire?
a person who copies or writes out documents
Who is a scribe?
This area includes parts of the modern countries of Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Israel, and Jordan.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
The Sumerians lived in this region in southern Mesopotamia.
What is Sumer?
People who study the heavenly bodies
Who are astronomers?
This was a leader who conquered all of the people of Mesopotamia, creating the world's first empire that lasted more than 200 years.
Who is Sargon?
a Sumerian writing system that used wedge-shaped marks made in soft clay
What is cuneiform?
Mesopotamia is located between these two rivers.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
This is an independent nation made up of a city and the land around it.
What is a city-state?
Hero of an epic who travels the world performing great deeds
Who is Gilgamesh?
This army numbered around 50,000 soldiers, including infantry, cavalry, and charioteers.
What is the Assyrian army?
This was the time of year in Mesopotamia when water was scarce.
What is the summer?
This is a rich soil found in the fertile crescent.
What is silt?
The Sumerian people worshiped many gods. This type of belief is called this...
What is polytheism?
The sight on one of the world's first libraries
What is Nineveh?
This group rebelled against the Assyrians.
Who are the Chaldeans?
A long poem that tells the story of a hero.
What is an epic?
People in Mesopotamia dug canals to water their crops. This is called...
What is irrigation?
This is a pyramid-shaped tower with a temple at the top.
What is a ziggurat?
A pyramid-shaped structure with a temple at the top
What is a ziggurat?
The first Sumerian kings were probably this.
What are war heroes?
Who is Hammurabi?
People in Mesopotamia began doing this around 4000 BC.
The people in Sumer were divided into these.
What are social classes?