People and Events
Boys in Sumerian schools studied to become these.
What are scribes?
This term describes a city and the surrounding land and villages that it controlled.
What is a city-state?
The worship of many gods, a practice common in Mesopotamia.
What is polytheism?
This invention made transportation over land much easier.
What is the wheel?
The ancient region of Mesopotamia is located between these two major rivers.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
This king is famous for establishing the Akkadian Empire.
Who is Sargon I?
An archaeologist named Sir Leonard Woolley excavated this famous city-state in Sumer.
What is Ur?
A pyramid-like temple built by the Mesopotamians to honor the god of a city-state
What is a ziggurat?
This improved system of writing used wedge-shaped symbols in soft clay.
What is cuneiform?
The name Mesopotamia is a Greek word meaning this.
What is "between the rivers"?
: According to Mesopotamian beliefs, military leaders who successfully defended city-states were chosen to become these.
What are kings?
In Sumer, the social structure was divided into three of these, with priests and rulers at the top.
What are social classes?
This ancient text tells a historically accurate account of the Flood, unlike the epic poems created by the Mesopotamians.
What is the Bible (or Mosaic Law)?
A merchant in Sumer would use this unique object as a signature for business transactions
What is a cylinder seal?
A curved area from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea with fertile land good for farming.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
This Chaldean king wrote a letter testifying to God's power after being humbled.
Who is Nebuchadnezzar?
This large social class in Sumer consisted of farmers, fishermen, merchants, and skilled workers.
What is the middle class?
According to Mesopotamian religious beliefs, man was created to serve this.
What is the gods?
A merchant in Sumer would use this unique object as a signature for business transactions
What is cuneiform?
This invention by the Sumerians made farming faster and easier than using a simple digging stick.
What is the plow?
This prophet of God was sent to the city of Nineveh to preach against their wickedness.
Who is Jonah
Because of a food surplus, fewer farmers were needed, allowing some people to work at specialized jobs like this
What are artisans or scribes?
Given by God to Moses
What is the Mosaic Law?
In addition to improving transportation, the wheel was also useful for making this.
What is pottery?
A way of supplying water to land or crops to help grow food.
What is irrigation?