Water & Land
This is the reason clay was used for writing by the Sumerians.
It was abundant in the area.
The was used by Sumerians as a surface for writing.
clay tablets
This was the purpose of a ziggurat.
temple
This ruler developed a strict code of laws.
Hammurabi
This was the location of the Great Ziggurat.
Ur
This is the two-word name for the moon-shaped area of rich soil.
Fertile Crescent
This was the written form used for business transactions in Mesopotamia.
Cuneiform
The name for the slabs of stone placed around Mesopotamia with the laws etched into them.
stela
These groups were at the bottom of the social class system.
slaves, farmers, and commoners
This is the type of trade system used by people in Mesopotamia.
bartering
The rivers that define the borders of Mesopotamia.
Tigris & Euphrates
These were long, story-like poems about heroic deeds.
epic poems
This is the belief in and worship of many gods.
polytheism
This is the name for the professional writers.
scribe
This was an invention of the Sumerians that is still used today.
wheel
The way Sumerians supply water to an area of land is called this.
irrigation
This was the shape of the script figures of Cuneiform.
wedge
This is the shape of the ziggurat.
stepped pyramid
These people were at the top of the social class system.
nobles
The area of Mesopotamia ruled by Hammurabi.
Babylon
The body of water into which the Tigris & Euphrates Rivers empty.
Persian Gulf
This was the first system of written communication for Sumerians, BEFORE Cuneiform.
pictographs
This phrase is used to describe the relationship between the laws and consequences of Hammurabi's Code.
an eye for an eye
An epic poem was written about this person, who was most likely a real person.
Gilgamesh
This happened when leaders of Ancient Mesopotamian empires died.
they grew weaker