Vocabulary
Define cuneiform
Cuneiform is a system of writing developed by the Sumerians that used wedge-shaped marks made in soft clay.
What are two facts about its location? (The Fertile Cresent)
2. Zagros Mountains is east of the Fertile Cresent.
Where is present day Mesopotamia?
Present-day Iraq.
How many gods controlled aspects of nature and watched over city-state?
4-10 gods
How many tiers/levels range in a ziggurat?
2-7 levels/tiers
Define irrigation
irrigation is a system that supplies dry land with water through ditches, pipes, or streams.
Name Three Major Civiliations.
2. Ancient Babylon
3. Ancient Assyria
What helped give this area the name ''Fertile Cresent?''
The Tigris and Euphrates River helped give its name.
How many gods were lesser and controlled everyday objects?
3000 and more gods
What is another name for ziggurat?
Temple
Define ziggurat
ziggurat is a pyramid-shaped structure with a temple at the top.
Name 4 locations.
2.Sumer
3.Babylon
4.Assyria
Describe the Northern and Southern Mesopotamia.
1. Northern Mesopotamia was plateau with a mild climate.
2. Southern Mesopotamia was a plain where summers were long and hot.
What does each city-state have?
Ziggurat
Is the ziggurat the tallest building? True or False
True
Define polytheism
polytheism is a belief in more than one god.
What are 2 nicknames for Mesopotamia?
1.Craddle of Civiliazations (or birth)
2. The land between two rivers.
What did the annual flooding of the Tigris and Eurphrates river do?
It refertilized the land with rich silt and provided water for irrigation.
Believed in many different gods or Deilties.
Polytheistic
What religious offerings were given in daily?
1.food
2.cloth
3.wine
Define silt
silt is fine particles of fertile soil.
Name 5 inventions.
1.wheel
2.superhero
3.written language
4.library
What borded the north,south,east,and west of the Fertile Cresent?
1.Taurus Mountains in the north.
2. Persian Gulf in the South.
3. Zagros Mountains in the east.
4. Syrian Desert in the west.
Who are the 2 strongest gods?
1.Marduk was the most powerful god to the Babylonians.
2.Ashur was the most powerful god the the Assyrians.
What do the priests do with the gifts?
Priests collect and use these gifts because they are responsible of the gods on earth.