Vocabulary
Daily Life
Mesopotamian Civilizations
Mesopotamia
Review
100
A pyramid-shaped structure with temple at the top.
What is a Ziggurat
100
Skilled workers who made metal products, cloth, or pottery are called
What are artisans?
100
Sumerian kings claimed they received their power from the.
What is Gods
100
He developed the first empire in Mesopotamia
What is Sargon
100
What is another name for the paleolithic age?
What is old stone age
200
A long poem that records the deeds of a legendary or real hero.
What is an epic
200
This is the ancient writing system used by the sumerians.
What is cuneiform
200
Assyria was made up of the land between the Persian Gulf and this river.
What is Nile River
200
These people belonged to the Sumerian middle class
What is farmers and merchants
200
Paleolithic people first used tools made of this
What is stone or flint
300
A person who copies or writes documents, often a record keeper.
What is a scribe
300
This was a metal used in Mesopotamia made from mixing copper and tin.
What is bronze
300
Mesopotamia, the first civilization, was located in what is now the southern part of...
What is Iraq
300
What did the Syrians demand from people they have conquered?
What is tribute
300
Organized growing of food on a regular schedule
What is systematic agriculture
400
Fine particles of fertile soil.
What is silt
400
Mesopotamias climate can be described as...
What is hot and dry.
400
Chaldean astronomers mapped...
What is the phases of the moon.
400
What Mesopotamian leader set up a strict code of laws?
Who is Hammurabi
400
Where did farming first develop?
What is southwest Asia
500
A system that supplies dry land with water through ditches, pipes, or streams.
What is irrigation.
500
Something that passes to the children when the parent dies, such as power from a King.
What is hereditary
500
What happened in 2340 B.C. as a result of conflict between Sumer's city states.
What is Sargon conquered all that was left of Sumer.
500
What did the Assyrian roads connect?
What are provinces?
500
Special buildings that were considered holy places were called
What is a shrine
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