Mesopotamia
Skilled Craftsman
Artisan
A city and the surrounding land and villages that it controlled.
City-state
The Tigris and the Euphrates provided fertile ________
for farming
soil
what land is between Tigris and Euphrates rivers?
Mesopotamia
True or false: Sumerian farmers produced a food surplus, which made job specialization possible.
True
The worship of many Gods
Polytheism
A long poem that tells the story of a hero.
Epic
The Fertile Crescent was a curved area from the Mediterranean Sea to the __________ Gulf.
Persian
What rivers are surround Mesopotamia
Tigris and Euphrates
True or false: The Ziggurat was a type of alter in a Sumerian house.
False
Invention that improved transportation and pottery making.
Wheel
what did the Sumerians build to control the destruction of floods
Levees
Three of the Sumerian architectural feathers were dome, columns, and ___________.
arches
What land is between Babylon and Ur
Sumer
True or False: The Bible tell us us that civilizations existed before the Flood.
True
A way of supplying water to land or crops
Irrigation
what did the people rely on to gain favor of the gods?
Priest
Asia Minor is a peninsula between the Mediterranean Sea and the __________ Sea.
Black
What is the land next the Euphrates river?
Syria
True or False: According to Hammurabi's Code, a crime is a sin against God.
False
Improved record keeping and made literature possible.
Cuneiform
Who was important because they kept records for merchants, the temple, and the government.
Scribes
Mesopotamia was part of a larger region called?_________
Fertile Crescent
What land is south of Syria and borders Iraq?
Jordan
What was feature of early civilizations?
The development of social classes