Geography
This body of water is south of Mesopotamia
The first people to migrate to Mesopotamia
Who are the Sumerians?
Wedge-shaped writing system
What is cuneiform?
A large territory ruled by one leader
What is an empire?
System used to bring water to crops
What is irrigation?
The land between two rivers
What is Mesopotamia?
This group formed a powerful Mesopotamian civilization and first empire
Who are the Akkadians?
Scholars and copiers important to government and religion; They would record transactions and track flooding.
Who are scribes?
A society with cities, government, culture, religion, art
What is a civilization?
This invention made transportation easier using carts and wagons
What is the wheel?
This fertile region where early civilizations developed
What is the Fertile Crescent?
The leader who created one of the first empires
Who is Sargon
Famouse Mesopotamian story about a hero and a great journey
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?
A belief in many gods and goddesses
The banks built along rivers to prevent flooding
What are levees?
What is silt?
The fourth level of the ziggurat had....
What is the temple where the priests made sacrifices and worshipped the gods
The different uses of writing in Mesopotamia...
What is record keeping, trade, laws, tracking the floods and communication.
Grandson of Sargon and important Akkadian king
Who is Naram-Sin?
This farming tool helped plant crops faster
What is the plow?
Two rivers that Mesopotamia was built between.
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
This system divides society into levels or classes not making everyone equal
What is social hierarchy?
Having more crops than needed is called this...
What is surplus?
Order the social classes from highest ranks to lowest rank.
What is king, priests, government and nobles, scribes, merchants, farmers, and slaves?
What is the lunar calendar?