Geography
Tigris River
Name one river that ran through Mesopotamia.
polytheistic
The belief in many gods.
Scribes
People who learned to write.
empire
What is many territories and people who are controlled by one government called?
civilization
What is a society with cities, a government and workers called?
Euphrates River
Name one rive that ran through Mesopotamia.
monotheistic
The belief in one god.
Cuneiform
What was the type of writing the Sumerians used called?
city state
What is a city with its own traditions and its own government and laws?
Specialization of labor
What did farming allow people to do now that they didn't have to worry about food?
Silt
What is the name of the soil that the flood waters left in order to make farming successful?
food offerings
In what ways did the people show respect to the gods?
Battering ram
What was the item the Sumerians invented that helped them in battle?
Kings
Who ruled the city states?
Kings
Who was at the highest level of the social class?
Hunters and gatherers
How did people get food before they learned to farm?
ziggurat
Name the temples the people left food offerings and worshiped their gods.
Hammurabi's Code
What was the first set of written laws called?
Sargon
Name one king.
farmers and enslaved people
Who was at the lowest level of the social pyramid?
Irrigation
How did the people use the rivers to make farming successful?
Bad flooding
What did the Sumerian people believe would the gods do to punish the people?
Wheeled carts
What invention helped the Sumerians bring things to a bazaar?
Nebuchadnezzar II
Who was the king who built a beautifully decorated palace?
Same as parents
What determined a person's social class?