Trade
These animals were used in traveling caravans
camels or donkey
Name of the first writing
cuneiform
The Sumerians worshipped this number of Gods
7
Poor people could still own these things
a house, garden or pond
Located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Fertile Crescent
This was used as currency instead of trade
gold, silver, copper or small silver coins
How many years does it take to become a scribe?
12
This is the name of the building built for Gods
Ziggurot
Which ruler created their own city?
Sargon the Great
practice of farming
agriculture
people from the mountain and traveling merchants
What were the homes made from?
sun-dried bricks
The number of laws in Hammurabi's Code
282
This type of person was at the bottom of the triangle of hierarchy
slave
pattern of behavior shared by a group of people
culture
Name two natural resources the people of Sumer used for trading
wheat and barley
A stylus was made from what plant?
Reed
An invention created for ease of use to transport things
wheel
King, priest, government officials, landowners
practice of worshipping many Gods
polytheism
How does trading help the people of Mesopotamia?
they are able to get resources that they would not have otherwise
The amount of characters/symbols found in the Mesopotamian language
over 500
An invention created to help grow crops
canal and irrigation
Sargon the Great created the first ever system where sons inherit their fathers empires
dynasty
to make an animal tame or to cultivate a crop
domesticate