Vocabulary
This is the worship of many gods.
What is polytheism?
Mesopotamia is between these two rivers.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
These were the people who were responsible for reading and writing
Who are scribes?
Another word for farming.
What is agriculture?
People who travel from place to place and do not have a permanent home.
Who are nomads?
A large arc of fertile land that was good for crops to grow.
What is a fertile crescent?
People settled and began communities in this area because of this:
What is fertile land and/or access to fresh water (to grow crops)?
The king who wrote one of the first set of laws called a Code was named
Who is Hammurabi?
This invention allowed for easier land transportation with the development of carts and chariots
What is the wheel?
This allowed for people in early Mesopotamia to pursue job specializations.
What is a food surplus?
These were the pyramid shaped buildings where the Sumerians believed the gods lived--shrines.
What is a ziggurat?
Mesopotamia is also known as the "_______ between _____ ______"
What the Land Between Two Rivers?
The first civilization/people who settled in Mesopotamia were called this.
What is Sumer/Sumerians?
The writing of the Sumerians was called this
What is cuneiform?
The first empire in human history, in Mesopotamia
What is Akkad/the Akkadians?
This is a way of supplying water to the land to water crops.
What is irrigation?
Mesopotamia has two large seas nearby, one to the north and one to the west.
What are the Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea?
The first emperor who united the Mesopotamian city-states into an empire
Who is Sargon (of Akkad)?
This Mesopotamian invention increased agricultural efficiency and the amount of crops that could be produced
What is the plow?
King Hammurabi united Mesopotamia after the fall of the Akkadian Empire under this new name
What is Babylonia (Babylon)?
This is the term referring to the taming of plants and/or animals.
What is domestication?
The rivers of Mesopotamia connect to this body of water that allowed Mesopotamians to travel and trade.
What is the Persian Gulf?
This is the earliest written story we know of
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?
This innovation led to improvements and increased speed in water transportation
What is the sail/sailboat?
Babylon later fell to this mighty conqueror from the north
What is Assyria/the Assyrians?