PEOPLE
The Sumerians wrote an epic poem about this military leader
Gilgamesh
On what two rivers Mesopotamia located
Tigris and Euphrates
To supply water to crops is known as
Irrigation
Polytheism
A trading system where people exchange goods directly instead of money
barter
He was the first leader to build an empire
Sargon
Iraq
Copper and tin
the first kings in Sumerians civilization were
Priests
A state containing several countries territories under a single rule
empire
He made Babylon the most important city of Mesopotamia
Hammurabi
From the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf, this area is called the
Fertile Crescent
This was the worlds first system of writing
cuneiform
Some rulers collected city laws into a written set of laws, also known as a
law code
The idea that all members of a society-even rich and powerful-must obey the law
rule of law
He was the leader of the Akkadians and became king of Kish
Sargon
Sargon came from a place northwest of Sumer called
Akkadia
These are temples with pyramids-shaped brick towers
Ziggurates
right before the Akkadians arose, these two Sumerian city-states battled
Umma and Lagash
An independent state that works with other states to achieve a shared military or political goal
ally
He created a code of laws written down for all to see
Hammurabi
Northern Mesopotamia is home to this mountain ranges
Zagros Mountains
Two new technologies that helped the Sumerians make trade easier
wheel and sail
The number of laws in Hammurabi's code is
282 or 300
An independent state that includes a city and its surrounding territory
city-state