Geography
A curved region with rich soil in the Middle East.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
The belief in more than one god.
What is polytheism?
Triangular-shaped writing formed in Mesopotamia.
What is cuneiform?
Took on a governing role during the period of Mesopotamia.
Who are priests?
"Land between the rivers".
What does Mesopotamia translate to?
Who are priests?
Invented in ancient Mesopotamia. At first it was used for irrigation, pottery making, and milling.
Became city's primary lawmaker and judge.
Who is the king?
Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Cyprus, Jordan, Palestine.
What are the modern nation-states that make up Mesopotamia?
A pyramid-shaped temple that is build for the chief god of a city,
What is a ziggurat?