Vocabulary
writing that Sumerians invented
cuneiform
climate in Sumeria
hot and dry
form of writing developed by Sumerians
Cuneiform
The first empire of Mesopotamia
Akkadian
another word for barter
trade
temples that were built for people to worship
ziggurats
Fertile Crescent
Invention used to bring water from the rivers to crops.
Irrigation
The king that made laws based on "an eye for an eye"
Hammurabi
Sumerians wrote on what?
Clay tablets
each of these had their own government, laws and gods
city-state
the fertile soil in Mesopotamia is called ________.
Silt
Calendars and some math was based on what?
the number 60
empire that was very violent and merciless
Assyrians
Who lived in the Ziggurats?
Priests
a large area of several groups ruled by one government
empire
Natural disaster that caused Sumerians to sometimes lose their homes and crops.
Floods
a long poem about a famous Sumerian hero
Epic of Gilgamesh
The empire that conquered the Assyrians
Chaldeans
Most of the Sumerian civilization was made up of what?
Farmers
Polytheism
Where did the first civilizations arise because of farming conditions?
fresh water/river
transportation by boat was made easier by the ______.
Sail
The king of the Akkadian Empire.
Sargon
people that learned how to write were called ______.
Scribes