Geography
Curved strip of fertile farmland that stretched from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea.
Fertile Crescent
They believed in many gods/goddesses so they are a __________ religion.
Polytheistic
They invented this method of watering crops using ditches and canals.
irrigation
Sumer was organized into _____________, or small independently governed cities.
city-states
The world's first known written story
Epic of Gilgamesh
Runoff from the Zagros Mountains left find particles of fertile soil behind known as
silt
The step pyramid shaped structure located in the center of each city used to worship gods.
ziggurat
Melting and mixing metals, pouring them into molds to make tools and weapons
metallurgy
Each Sumerian city-state had it's own King. What type of government would that be?
monarchy
Hammurabi's code promoted _________ for the people by creating set laws and set consequences.
justice
Mesopotamia is located north of this snow boot shaped peninsula
Arabian peninsula
Another word for gods
Deities
This invention helped transport goods over the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
sail
Created the world's first empire by uniting the Sumerian city states under one ruler.
Sargon
Type of writing used by Mesopotamians
cuneiform
The two rivers that Mesopotamia is located between
Euphrates and Tigris
Since the people of Mesopotamia believed in many gods, they were not this type of religion
monotheistic
This invention used domesticated animals to help break up the soil for planting.
Ox pulled plow
Created the world's first written code of laws to promote justice.
Hammurabi
The world's first civilization that developed in the area of the world known as Mesopotamia
Sumer
The body of water that separates the Arabian peninsula from Africa
Red Sea
They used their religion to explain what
Their natural world
This invention helped move goods over land.
wheel
Many territories united under one ruler
empire
Mesopotamia literally means
land between two rivers