This area lies between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
What is Mesopotamia
100
countryside areas
What is rural.
100
The world’s first system of writing.
What is cuneiform.
100
A ruler of a kingdom or empire.
What is a monarch.
100
Having more than is needed.
What is surplus.
200
A large arc of rich, or fertile, farmland.
What is the Fertile Crescent.
200
Consisted of a city and all the countryside around it.
What is a city-state.
200
Earlier written communication had used picture symbols.
What is pictographs.
200
Was a set of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life.
What is Hammurabi’s Code.
200
The type of arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular task or job.
What is division of labor.
300
A mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks.
What is silt,
300
One of Uruk’s kings became a legendary figure in Sumerian literature.
Who is Gilgamesh
300
The story of a legendary Sumerian king.
What is The Epic of Gilgamesh
300
Ee brought all of Mesopotamia into his empire, called the Babylonian Empire, after his capital.
Who is Hammurabi.
300
The division of society by rank or class.
What is social hierarchy.
400
The first farm settlements formed in Mesopotamia as early as 7000, these early villages developed into _____ .
What is the world's first civilizations.
400
Was the first ruler to have a permanent army.
Who is Sargon.
400
Sumerians invented a device that spins clay as a craftsperson shapes it into bowls.
What is the potter's wheel.
400
Skillfully used the chariot, a wheeled, horse-drawn cart used in battle.
Who are the Hittites.
400
Chariots, carts, and wagons use this item.
What is the wheel.
500
A way of supplying water to an area of land.
What is irrigation.
500
The worship of many gods.
What is polytheism.
500
People could also use ___________ to “sign” documents or to decorate other clay objects.
What are cylinder seals.
500
The most famous Chaldean king, rebuilt Babylon into a beautiful city.
Who is Nebuchadnezzar.
500
Charted the positions of the stars and kept track of economic, political, and weather events. They also created a calendar and solved complex problems of geometry.