Vocab
The fertile soil in Mesopotamia
Silt
A Sumerian invention pulled by a large animal that dug trenches in the fields so that farmers could more easily plant seeds
The Plow
The two geographical features that brought fertile soil to Mesopotamia
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
The reasons the Fertile Crescent got its name
It's fertile land and is shaped like a crescent on a map.
The king of the Akkadian Empire, first empire in history.
Sargon
An independent city and its surrounding area
City-State
A Sumerian invention that was attached to wagons that helped speed up travel
The Wheel
The mountain region to the north of Mesopotamia
Zagros Mountains
The lowest social class, responsible for free agricultural labor
Slaves
The type of government where there is only one ruler, usually a king or queen
Monarchy
The "land between the rivers"
Mesopotamia
A Sumerian invention that helped sailors travel faster
The Sail
The body of water that the two rivers feed into
Persian Gulf
The type of religion of the Mesopotamians; the belief in multiple gods/goddesses
Polytheism
The King of the Babylonian Empire; famous for his written laws
Hammurabi
The melting down of metal to use for weapons or tools
Metallurgy
The large temples built by the Sumerians, used to worship the gods
Ziggurats
The sea to the west of Mesopotamia
Mediterranean Sea
The object on which the Sumerians wrote their language, and the utensil they used to write it with
Clay Tablet and Stylus
Hammurabi's Code
The written language of the Sumerians
Cuneiform
The world's first epic poem
The Epic of Gilgamesh
The sea to the far north of Mesopotamia
Black Sea
Why the Mesopotamians came up with their religion
To explain the world around them
What is the most famous law from ancient Babylon that shows how harshly equal their code's punishments were?
An Eye for an Eye