Locations
This is a region of the Middle East that stretches in a large, crescent-shaped curve from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea
What is the Fertile Crescent
This means to supply water to
What is to irrigate
This group of people had less social power than men
What are women
This natural event occurs in the Spring and leaves behind fine, fertile soil (silt)
What is flooding
This is the name of a pyramid-shaped brick tower temple in Sumerian cities
What is a ziggurat?
This is a trading system in which people exchange goods directly without using money
What is barter
These were considered the lowest class in the Sumerian social hierarchy
What are slaves
Mesopotamians used these systems to bring water to crops so flooding wouldn't wipe away their villages and crops anymore
What are irrigation systems
This was a myth written using cuneiform
These are the names of the two rivers that lay on either side of Mesopotamia
What are the Tigers and Euphrates Rivers
This is the name for a complex society that has cities, a well-organized government, and workers with specialized job skills
What is a civilization
This social class consists of farmers, merchants, skilled workers, artisans, scribes, musicians, and people who generally kept the city functioning
What is the middle class
The majority of Mesopotamians settled in this part of Mesopotamia
What is Southern Mesopotamia
Sumerians believed these were the only people that could communicate with the gods
Who are priests?
This is credited as the world's first civilization
Sumer
This is the name for centers of religion, government, and culture
What are cities
This is the social class that consists of the ruling family, top officials, and high priests
What is the upper class
Most of Southern Mesopotamia had this geographic feature
What are plains (wide flat lands)
Cuneiform is a system of writing that uses ______ to stand for words, ideas, or sounds.
What are symbols?
This is the first Mesopotamian CITY
What is Uruk
This is the same for an independent state that includes a city and its surrounding territory
What is a city-state
Women could only gain social power by being this
What is being a priest or king's wife
These were the major geographic features of Northern Mesopotamia
What are mountain chains