Geography of the Fertile Cresent
There was an area between Asia Minor and the Persian Gulf.
What surrounded Mesoptamia?
Sumerian governments had laws.
What were carved on stone?
A way invented by Sumerians to share ideas with writing.
What is Cuneiform?
Believing in and worshipping gods and godesses.
What is polytheism?
Rivers were the most important factors Mesopotamia.
What were the most important factors in Mesopotamia's farmland?
They were centers for trade, governments, and religion.
What were Sumerian cities?
Sumerians invented something to make farming easier and more effecient.
What did the plow do?
An independant city with it's own government and laws.
What is a city-state?
This area is called this because it's farmland is very fertile and is shaped like a cresent.
Why is this area called the fertile cresent?
Servants, laborers, and peasants are a part of the Sumerian social structure.
Who were the lowest ranked civilians in the Sumerian social structure?
A person trained to write and keep records.
What is a Scribe?
It played a big part in the growth of Mesopotamia because it helped them grow more food when farming.
What effect did the fertile farmland have in Mesopotamia?
Sumerians were divided into social classes.
What is Sumerian social structure?
An area ruled by a single leader or government.
What is an empire?
The Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
What are the two rivers to the north and south of Mesopotamia?
Sumerians offered gifts to the gods.
How did Sumerians please the gods?
A Mesopotamia vocabulary word that starts with "z".
What is a "z" "i" "g" "g" "u" "r" "a" "t"?