Vocab
Geographic feature that allowed early man to migrate around the world
Land Bridges
Name the two rivers that surrounded Mesopotamia.
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Human made waterways used for irrigation
Canals
The top of the social pyramid
Kings and Queens
Each Sumerian city-state believed they had their own _________ __________ to protect them
Patron God
A way of supplying water to an area of land.
Irrigation
A Sumerian temple
ziggurat
The people who created the first civilization
Sumerians
The second position in the social pyramid/people who performed religious ceremonies to keep the gods happy
priest
The economic system of Mesopotamia
Trade
The ancient Sumerians created the world's first writing system know as ________________.
cuneiform
What rivers provided for the people
Irrigation, transportation, and food
Cave art was used by early humans to
express themselves and their ideas
The third position in the social pyramid/a person who keeps track of items traded
scribes
The five steps to a civilization
Domestication, Surplus, Population Growth, Division of Labor, and Government and Law
The belief in many god is called _________________.
polytheism
The word Mesopotamia means...
between the rivers
List three important Mesopotamian achievements
The three on the test will be the wheel, plow, and writing (Cuneiform)
The fourth position in the social pyramid
Merchants and Artisans
How the kings were chosen to rule
Chosen by the gods
More than one place ruled by the same leader
Empire
Mesopotamia is located in this present day country.
Iraq
First set of laws (282 laws) written on a Steele
Hammurabi's Code
The fifth position in the social pyramid
Farmers and Laborers
Created the first empire
Sargon
To move to a new place.
Migrate
Hunter-Gatherers moved to new areas when...
They ran out of food and water
Another word for agriculture
Farming
The lowest position in the social pyramid
Slaves
Where the first civilization was located
Sumer