Places/Peoples
The “Cradle of Civilization”. It refers to the area between the Tigris, Euphrates, and Nile Rivers.
The Fertile Crescent
A type of writing that uses symbols for words or objects.
Pictographic Script
The ability to shape and mold metal.
Metallurgy
The man who started the Akkadian Empire
Sargon of Akkad/ Sargon the Great
A time before written history.
Prehistory
War with these people is a cause of Akkadian decline.
Elamites
Amorites
Gutians
A type of script that uses symbols representing sounds
Phonographic Script
A political system consisting of an independent city having sovereignty over contiguous territory.
A City- State
He extends the Akkadian Empire toward Egypt and is called "The Greatest of the Akkadian Kings"
Naram-Sin
The period consisting of three separate dynasties lasting from 2900–2350 B.C.
The Early Dynastic Period
The first peoples to settle Mesopotamia.
The first written language; the most commonly used script in Mesopotamia.
Cuneiform
A large tiered structure used for religious ceremonies. The most famous one was excavated in the City-State of Ur
A Ziggurat
The second son of Sargon of Akkad
Manishtusu
The first multinational empire in recorded history.
The Akkadian Period
The man who excavated Ur
C. Leonard Woolley
The oldest surviving code of law.
The Code of Ur-Nammu
A way by which farmers can water their crops
Irrigation
The first son of Sargon of Akkad
Rimush
These people settled between the Tigris and Euphrates from 4500 to 4000 B.C., coining the name for this period.
The Ubaid Period
these peoples had the first ever postal system
The Akkadians
The development of farming on a large-scale .
Agriculture
The art or practice of garden cultivation and management.
Horticulture
This man wins the first war in written history.
Enmebaragesi of Kish
this period, extending from 4100-2900 B.C. is named after one of the city-states therein.
The Uruk Period