Vocabulary
A type of writing in Mesopotamia that uses wedge-shaped marks to represent words and sounds.
Cuneiform
Fertile Crescent
A crescent-shaped area in Mesopotamia with rich soil for farms
Which word characterizes the soil of the Fertile Crescent?
Dry, Unproductive, Rich
Rich
Rivers
This invention in Ancient Mesopotamia made traveling faster
mud blocks that were left out in the sun to dry and was used to create homes and ziggurats
Mud Bricks
a Sumerian temple made of mud bricks that was dedicated to a chief god or goddess of a particular city-state
How did steady food supply affect the development of Sumerian cities
It allowed people to stay in one place
Tigris and Euphrates
This invention in Ancient Mesopotamia allowed for travel across the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers
Sailboat
skilled craftspeople who make goods, such as pottery or baskets, by hand
Artisans/Craftspeople
The Tigris and Eurphrates Rivers were nicknamed this:
Twin Rivers
What are s some of the most used crops in ancient Mesopotamia
barley and wheat
(also had beans, peas, lentils, cucumbers, leeks, lettuce and garlic, as well as fruit such as grapes, apples, melons and figs but not as prominent)
What modern country was Ancient Mesopotamia in
Iraq
This invention was used by royalty to travel in Ancient Mesopotamia. Later in history it was used in combat
chariot
a sand-like material made of dead plants and animals, that when the Tigris and Euphrates rivers flood, becomes fertile rich soil for farms and crops.
Silt
the land between two rivers
Mesopotamia
Due to the extra supply of food available, Mesopotamia was able to have a____________of food
surplus
Other than food/water for drinking, what else could the Tigris and Euphrates River give to the people of Mesopotamia
Mesopotamians invented the________ to help with farming
Plow
To supply water from rivers to farmland using pathways like ditches and canals.
Irrigation
The first Mesopotamian civilization located in the South of Mesopotamia
Sumer
What was the main reason why agriculture occurred in Mesopotamia
regular flooding along the Tigris and the Euphrates made the land around them especially fertile and ideal for growing crops for food
Why were the Tigris and Euphrates rivers important to the people of Mesopotamia? What did they give to the people of Mesopotamia
Drinking water, bathing water, rich soil for crops, etc.
The people of Ancient Mesopotamia used Irrigation. Describe how that works.
people dug out large storage basins to carry water sources to irrigate their property. Then they dug canals, rivers created by humans, linking these basins to a network of ditches that went to the fields