Mesopotamia 1
a group of people living and working together to create an organized society
Civilization
What was it called when Sumerians had more than they needed?
surplus
The belief in many gods
polytheism
city with its own government, religion and laws
city-state
Before they were farmers, people were these.
hunters and gatherers (paleolithic)
What are the names of the rivers Mesopotamia is between
Tigris and Euphrates
Reason people settled and begin communities in the Fertile Crescent?
excellent land for growing crops
Several countries or territories controlled by one power
Empire
land that was good for crops to grow shaped like a boomerang or partial moon
fertile crescent
fine sand and clay left by flooding rivers that helped make the land fertile
silt
The people of Sumer thought that floods and natural disasters were caused by what?
The Gods
Mesopotamian writing system
cuneiform
First written code of Laws
Code of Hammurabi
What types of people would be found in the highest level of Mesopotamian society?
Kings
Taming and using animals as livestock.
domestication
The largest building in most Sumerian cities was a huge mud brick temple called?
ziggurat
Mesopotamia is Greek for?
Land Between Two Rivers
A story about an angry, lonely king who becomes friends with a wild man sent from the gods.
Epic of Gilgamesh
The groups Mesopotamians were divided into, based on their jobs, power, and wealth
social classes
Irrigation, wheel and axle, writing on clay tablets and ox-driven plows are exaples of
Technology
Chaldean Emperor of New Babylonia known for the hanging gardens of Babylon.
Nebuchadnezzar
People known for trading around the Mediterranean, boat building and a special purple dye.
Phoenicians
Persian emperor known for conquering Babylon and creating a massive empire from India to the Mediterranean.
Cyrus the Great
He created the first known empire by uniting the independent Sumerian city-states
Sargon I of Akkadia
Mesopotamia is also known as "The Cradle of ______________."
Civilization