Vocab
A city-state is___________
An independent town that has its own govorment.
Quito dreams of the house of...
dust.
Mesopotamia is part of the fertile_________.
crescent.
They are a civilization because they have a food supply, social structure, religion, the arts, inventions, a written language, and___________.
govorment
A ziggurat is...
A temple for offerings.
The Gilgamesh story is written on...
a stone.
Mesopotamia is between the Tigris and___________ river.
Euphrates.
Mesopotamia wrote using _________ on clay tablets.
cuneiform
Mesopotamia means.....
Land between two rivers.
About how long ago did Gilgamesh live?
About 4000 years ago.
Mesopotamia connected Europe and Africa to ____________.
Asia
Mesopotamia is a _______(language)_____ word.
Greek
Cuneiform means...
a type of old writing.
What would restore Gilgamesh's youth?
a plant at the bottom of the ocean.
They used the _________ for thier calender.
moon
before Mesopotamia was a civilization how did they get food?
Hunter and gathers.
A sumer is...
civilization.
The ancient one challenged Gilgamesh to stay awake for...
6 days and 7 nights.
What is present-day Mesopotamia?
Iran
People in Mesopotamia got things they didnt need by ____________.
Trading.