Names
The two rivers of the Fertile Crescent.
Tigris and Euphrates
To have a special set of skills for a job.
Specialize
Used to help move items quickly and easily on chariots and wagons.
Wheels
The king that invented 282 laws to help give his people laws and punishments.
Having enough food for a civilization.
Stable Food Supply
The Nickname for Mesopotamia
The Cradle of Civilization
What scribes used to write on clay tablets.
Reeds
The first writing system/alphabet.
Cuneiform
The people who invented writing.
Sumerians
The way people are ranked in a society.
Social Structure
The name of the place where writing was invented.
Sumer
An extra amount of something.
Surplus
What people used to record observations and laws on.
Clay tablets
The Epic of ______.
Gilgamesh
Inventions that make life easier.
Technology
The ancient name for Writers
Scribes
The first alphabet.
Cuneiform
Stories that were about heroes being amazing!
Epics
Hammurabi
Buildings, irrigation systems, roads.
Infrastructure
The area between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers and long the Nile River with fertile soil is called....
The Fertile Crescent
Small particles of rock, minerals, and soil carried in water which helped make soil fertile.
Silt
Invented to help prevent flooding.
Levees
The hero of the older epic ever written.
Gilgamesh
The set of beliefs, traditions, and way of life of a civilization.
Culture