Geography
Cities
Tech & Inventions
Social Structure
Misc.
100
The two rivers around which ancient Mesopotamia developed
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
100
The oldest known civilization in world history, a collection of city-states located in Mesopotamia
What is Sumer?
100
Writing system invented by the Sumerians
What is cuneiform?
100
King Sargon created the first one - it brought together several peoples, nations, and/or previously independent states under the control of one ruler
What is an Empire?
100
The belief in more than one god
What is polytheism?
200
The modern-day country where Mesopotamia was located
What is Iraq?
200
A city in northern Mesopotamia - home of King Sargon
What is Akkad?
200
'Watery' agricultural invention that led to food surpluses
What was irrigation?
200
Babylonian leader who's legacy is the code of laws he put together
Who was Hammurabi?
200
A long poem written in cuneiform about a man who searches for eternal life
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?
300
The name for the broader area that includes both Mesopotamia and the Nile River Delta
What is the Fertile Crescent?
300
Term for the people who lived in Sumer
Who were the Sumerians?
300
Invention for water-travel that expanded trade routes
What is the sail? (or: What is the sail boat?)
300
As civilization developed, so did this hierarchical grouping of people in a society based on shared economic status, wealth, education, occupation, and resources
What are social classes?
300
The process in which a new idea or a product spreads from one culture to another
What is cultural diffusion?
400
Main biome that surrounds Mesopotamia
What is a desert?
400
A city in Mesopotamia famous for its ziggurats
What is Uruk?
400
What is a ziggurat?
400
Most people in Sumer were part of this social class
What is the working class?
400
A professional record keeper
What is a scribe?
500
River provisions that allowed for the development of a complex civilization
What is a food surplus?
500
A feature of most Mesopotamian city-states - a sign of frequent warring
What are walls?
500
Land travel invention that expanded trade routes
What is the wheel?
500
A series of rulers from a single family
What is a dynasty?
500
The five aspects of a civilization, according to the scholars who wrote our class text!
What are: Specialized Workers, Record Keeping, Complex Institutions, Advanced Cities, and Advanced Technology?