Geography
This reaches from the Persian Gulf to the Meditteraen Sea and is fertile
What is the Fertile Crescent.
This means worships more than 1 or many Gods
What is Polytheistic?
To move and store water where they wanted it Mesopotamians created this
What is irrigation?
A surplus of food resulted in this
What is a Division of Labor?
They were at the top of Sumerian social hieracrchies.
Who are Gods/Kings/Priests
This means "between 2 rivers"
Mesopotamia
The Sumerians built these pyramid shaped temples.
What are ziggurats?
One of the most famous, and first, epics was written about him.
Who is Gilgamesh?
This consisted of a city and all surrounding countryside.
What is a city-state?
This had 282 laws that dealt with every part of daily life.
What is Hammurabi's Code?
These 2 rivers surrounded Mesopotamia
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
Sumerian Gods talk thru these people
What are priests?
This was the world's first writing system
What is cuneiform?
This is different lands and territories controlled under a single ruler.
What is an Empire?
This was a wheeled, horse drawn cart used in battle.
What is a chariot?
This empire include all of Mesopotamia after Hammurbai conquered it
What is Babylon?
These are picture symbols
What are pictographs?
This is a set of letters combined to form words
What is an alphabet?
These people set up the Nebuchadnezzar empire
Who are the Chaldeans?
These people traded purple cloth
Who are the Phoenicians?