Geography
This means "between the rivers" in Greek
What is Mesopotamia?
Human made waterways
What are canals?
These people developed the first civilization in Mesopotamia
Who were the Sumerians?
This is the definition of polytheism. (p. 62)
What is the worship of many gods?
This was the purpose of building large walls around cities. ( like the picture on page 62)
What is for protection from outside attacks?
A large arc of rich, or fertile, farmland
What is the Fertile Crescent?
Farmers could produce more food than is needed called a ________________.
What is a surplus?
Most people of Sumer made their living by doing this
What is farming?
People who performed religious ceremonies. (p.63)
What are priests?
These people were at the bottom of social standing, or hierarchy?
Who were the slaves?
A mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks
What is silt?
A way of supplying water to an area of land (p 56)
What is irrigation?
Consisted of a city and all the country around it
What is a city-state?
They believed that their gods had enormous powers
Who were the Sumerians?
In many ways this was the basis for all of Sumerian society
What is religion?
The most important physical features of the region known as Mesopotamia
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
This destroyed crops and killed livestock (p.56)
What is flooding?
Another name for countryside areas (p.60)
What is rural? (p.60)
The Sumerians believed that success in every area of life depended on this
What is pleasing the gods?
Developed the world's first civilization (p60)
What is Sumer?
Many early civilizations grew up along these
What are rivers?
Even though towns and cities grew and became more important most people still worked in this kind of job
What is farming?
City-states often fought to gain more of this. (p.61)
What is farmland?
Special buildings where people performed their religious ceremonies
What are temples?
The second civilization that developed along the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. (p.61)
Who were the Akkadians?