Definitions
Sumerian vocal
People
Geography
Daily Life
100
"wedged-shaped"?
What is cuneiform?
100
First Civilization
What is Sumer
100
Priests
Who ruled over a city-state?
100
Tigris and Euphrates
What are the two rivers in Mesopotamia?
100
Polytheism
What is the Sumerian religion?
200
scribe
What is a person called who writes cuneiform?
200
city-state
What is a city and the surrounding land
200
Hammurabi
Who created a code of laws?
200
floods
What made growing crops difficult in Mesopotamia?
200
agriculture
What is the major event that allowed civilizations to grow?
300
"Land between two Rivers"
What is Mesopotamia
300
ziggurat
What is the "mountain of god" which stand in the center of a city?
300
Gilgamesh
Who took a journey to find the meaning of eternal life?
300
irrigation
What is the system by which water can be used to help plants grow?
300
arches, wheels, columns, arithmetic
What are some of the inventions of the Sumerians?
400
Epic
What is a long poem that tells a heroic story?
400
empire
What is land that is brought together under one ruler?
400
Sargon
Who created the first empire?
400
Fertile Crescent
What is the moon-shaped land filled with rich land?
400
surplus
What is the term used to show an abundance of something?
500
Theocracy
What is a government based upon teaching of religion?
500
kings and priests
Who ruled together in times of war?
500
Kings/commoners/slaves
Who made up the social pyramid?
500
Iraq
What is one of today's countries which Mesopotamia covered?
500
cultural diffusion
What is What is the process in which a new idea speeds from one culture to another?
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