Mesopotamia 1
The first inhabitants of the Tigris-Euphrates Valley.
What is the Sumerians
Sumerians were famous for this product, made from sheep
What is wool?
People who travel from place to place and do not have a permanent home.
Who are nomads?
This is the worship of many gods.
What is polytheism?
Cuneiform, and the wheel
What is the most important Sumerian inventions.
People settled and began communities in this area because of this:
What is it had fertile land to grow crops?
This is the earliest written story we know of
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?
Houses in Mesopotamia were made of this
What are mud bricks?
The invaders who overran the Sumerian civilization. They had a king and a code of law.
What are Babylon/Babylonians
Mesopotamia is also known as the "_______ between _____ ______"
What is the Land Between Two Rivers?
The two major rivers in Mesopotamia.
What is theTigris and Euphrates Rivers?
A set of beliefs and forms of worship
What is religion?
They knew how to smelt iron and their strongest point was their legal system.
What is the Hittites
Mesopotamia is found on this continent.
What is Asia?
A government where priests rule in the name of god or gods (divine right).
What is a theocracy?
Another word for farming.
What is agriculture?
Had an effective system of empire and built a library
What is the Warlike Assyrians
The people who lived in Mesopotamia were called this.
What is Sumerians?
These are the people of the ruling class.
Who is the aristocracy?
The writing of the Sumerians was called this
What is cuneiform?