geography
inventions
Daily life
government
civilization
100
Iraq
What is the modern day country of meopotamia
100
levees
What is a wall that keeps flooded water within its banks
100
polytheism
What is the belief in many gods.
100
city-states
What are self governing cities that also govern nearby villages.
100
civilization
What is when a society forms.
200
The Euphrates and Tigris Rivers
What are the two rivers the land is between?
200
irrigation canals
What is built to bring water to fields during droughts.
200
ziggarut
What is the tall flattened pyramids built at the center of Sumerian cities.
200
Sargon
Who is a famous king in a city-state called Kish
200
surplus of food
What is one thing needed for a society to form
300
Persian gulf
What is a large body of water that the rivers flow into?
300
wheeled vehicles
What is made to bring large load long distances.
300
temples
What is at the top of the ziggarut.
300
empire
What was first created by Sargon.
300
division of labor
What is the second thing needed for a society to form
400
Taurus Mountains
Where do the Tigris and Euphrates rivers begin?
400
pottery wheel
What is used to make beutiful bowls and cups
400
Gilgemesh
What is a Sumerian folk hero
400
cuneiform writing
What was used by Sargon to spread laws and messeges throughout the empire.
400
organized government and religion
What is the third thing needed for society to form
500
Turkey
What is the modern country where the Taurus mountains begin?
500
cuneiform
What is the type of writing used by people of Sumer.
500
large mud-brick homes
What is where wealthy Sumerians lived.
500
Akkad
What is the capital city built by Sargon
500
writing
What is needed to keep records and write laws.
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