Farming
a large arc of rich, fertile farmland that encompasses Mesopotamia is called this
What is the Fertile Crescent
This basic political unit of Sumer consisted of a city and all the countryside around it
What is a city-state?
The world's first system of writing
What is cuneiform?
This city was located on the Euphrates near modern day Baghdad, Iraq.
What is Babylon?
The science of building
What is architecture?
A mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks
What is silt?
This Akkadian ruler conquered the Sumerians and all of Mesopotamia.
Who was Sargon
Earlier written communication had used these picture symbols or ______________.
What are pictographs?
A ruler of a kingdom or empire.
What is a monarch
This invention allowed the Sumerians to produce large quantities of pottery
What is the potter's wheel?
This is the term for having more than is needed
What is a surplus?
A land with different territories and peoples under a single rule
What is an empire?
A Sumerian writer
What is a scribe?
This was a set of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life
What is Hammurabi's Code?
The Sumerians developed a math system based on this number.
What is 60?
A way of supplying water to an area of land.
What is irrigation?
The worship of many gods
What is polytheism?
Long poems that tell the stories of heros
What are epics?
The Hittites skillfully used this wheeled horse-drawn cart in battle.
What is a chariot?
People who performed religious ceremonies, and had great status in Sumer
What are priests?
What is division of labor?
The division of society by rank, or class
What is social hierarchy
A pyramid shaped temple tower
What is a ziggurat?
The Chaldean king, Nebuchadnezzar, had this wonder of the ancient world built in the city of Babylon.
What is the Hanging Gardens?
This word refers to city areas
What is urban?