Vocabulary
A system of bringing water to dry land by pipes, canals, and ditches
irrigation
He had the first code of laws
Hammurabi
a machine that helped planting
plow
means between two rivers
Mesopotamia
The people of Mesopotamia made their buildings out of these.
Mud bricks
a pyramid shaped building with a temple on the top
ziggurat
He built the city of Babylon into one of the first great cities
Nebuchadnezzar
The first written language
cunieform
Name the two rivers that Mesopotamia was between
Tigris and Eurphrates
The first epic poem
Epic of Gilgamesh
the belief in one god
monotheism
He was an Akkadian King who defeated the Sumerians
Sargon
a boat to travel to other empires to trade
sailboat
the sea to the northwest of Mesopotamia
Mediterranean Sea
merchants were in what class
Middle
a group of merchants who travel from place to place, usually on camels
caravan
He had the Hanging Gardens of Babylon built for his wife
Nebuchadnezzar
a study of mathematics that uses measurement and formulas. Often used to decide plots of land
Geometry
The body of water that the Tigris and Euphrates flow into
Persian Gulf
The empire known to be cruel and destroyed homes and crops
Assyrians
the type o government that has a king or queen
monarchy
war heros
Used in battle against other city-states or empires. A wheel was important for this invention
chariot
Name a modern day country that is where Mesopotamia was
Iraq,
The land between the Tigris and Euphrates is also know as this nickname
The Fertile Crescent