Mesopotamia
Nations in Mesopotamia consisted of many of these small countries.
City-States
A complex culture in which large numbers of people share a number of common elements.
A Civilization
Most early civilizations were ruled by these individuals who held supreme authority.
Kings or Queens
Sumerians used this to measure the straightness of crop fields and of buildings.
Geometry
Stepped pyramids which temples were place atop.
Ziggurat
The beginning of this age ended the Neolithic period.
The Copper Age
Important and powerful people who supervised rituals aimed at pleasing gods and goddesses.
Priests and/or Priestesses
This was created by the Sumerians, and was attached to carts and helped them carry loads of goods more effectively.
The Wheel
The two rivers that surround Mesopotamia.
Tigris and the Euphrates
A skilled worker who makes products.
Artisan
A religion which believes in the existence of multiple gods.
Polytheism or Polytheistic
Sumerians had a number system based on this number.
60
The writing system of Mesopotamia, which was recorded on clay tablets.
Cuneiform
This break through allowed humans to leave their nomadic lifestyle and settle in permanent settlements.
Systematic Agriculture
A government established by divine authority and centered around religion.
Theocracy
The Sumerians were the first to discover this metal, which is harder than it's predecessors.
Bronze
This Mesopotamian city was the birthplace of Abram.
Ur
One of the two Neolithic settlements mentioned by name in the textbook.
Jericho or Catalhuyuk
A religion that believes in only one God.
Monotheism or Monotheistic
A metal, such as bronze, which is composed of two or more metals which have been mixed.
An Alloy