Vocab
Geography
Government
Culture
Economics
100
Literally means "Wedge-Shaped"; This Sumerian Script is the worlds oldest written language, discovered in Mesopotamia.
Cuneiform
100
These rivers were the center of Mesopotamian Civilization.
Tigris and Euphrates
100
Most Mesopotamian civilizations were organized as a Monarchy; who is in charge of the government in this system?
King/Queen
100
Social Pyramid
100
the direct exchange of goods and services without using money.
Barter
200
the artificial application of water to land for crops, people or animals. (canals, ditches, reservoirs)
Irrigation
200
Mesopotamian civilizations are said to be located in the ___________ _________; named so because of the shape of the region and the rich farmland available there.
Fertile Crescent
200
a large group of territories, kingdoms, or ethnic groups ruled by a supreme authority; emperor, monarch or king
Empire
200
The Mesopotamians were "Polytheistic", and believed in many ______.
Gods
200
Individuals who buy, move, and sell goods.
Merchants
300
Professional writers; these people were trained to read and write, usually to keep track of government records.
Scribes
300
An area of predominantly high, flat land.
Plateau.
300
an organized collection of written rules and laws for a group, society, or civilization.
Law Code (Legal Code)
300
Those who organized the religious parts of society, took care of the temples, and led the rituals are called...
Priests
300
Craftspeople who specialized in making particular goods.
Artisans
400
the process or creating, improving, or implementing new ideas, methods, or products.
Innovation
400
Irrigation systems needed to be invented and developed in Mesopotamia to help control the _________, which came from the mountains at different times every year.
Floods; flooding.
400
This Babylonian King is known for establishing the first written Legal/Law Code.
Hammurabi
400
The majority of the unenslaved population of Mesopotamian Civilizations were ___________.
Farmers
400
The large-scale buying and selling of goods and services between individuals, cities, or nations.
Commerce
500
a system where men hold primary power, control of property, and leadership.
Patriarchal
500
small particles of sediment and soil carried in water; when deposited by a river it makes the land fertile.
Silt
500
Name two of the four Mesopotamian Empires we studied.
Assyrians, Akkadians, Babylonians, Neo-Babylonians (Chaldeans)
500
An Independent state that consists of a city and the surrounding land.
City-State
500
An economic system where decisions about what and how to produce something are determined by customs and traditions like family lineage.
Traditional Economy