Early Years
What was built along the two rivers? Why?
Farming because they needed land for it.
What is silt?
The particles or fertile soil.
What is parallel?
Move of lying in the same direction and the same distance apart.
Identify the two rivers located in this region.
Tigris and Euphrates.
What does Mesopotamia mean?
The land between the rivers.
What is Consist?
To be made up of.
Discribe how the flooding of the rivers was problematic for the Mesopotamian farmers.
It washed away homes, livestock, and crops.
What is Irrigation?
A system that supplies dry land with water through ditches, pipes, or streams.
What is a ziggurat?
A pyramid-shaped structure with a temple at the top.
How did improved technology benefit the early civilization?
Using improved technology, they made more and better goods.
What is polytheism?
A belief in more than one god.
What is a scribe?
A place of worship. A large temple.
An amount that is left over after a need has been met.
What is a city-state?
A city that governs itself and it's surronding territory.