Vocab 1
a picture symbol
What is a pictograph?
a writer
What is a scribe?
One of Uruk’s kings who became a legendary figure in Sumerian literature
Who is Gilgamesh?
This being a a flat plain between rivers made it ideal for farming.
What is Mesopotamia? (Southern)
This civilization charted the positions of the stars.
Who are the Chaldeans?
referring to a city area
What is Urban?
a person who performs religious ceremonies
What is a priest?
Leader of the Akkadian territory who brought all of Mesopotamia under Akkadian rule. He established the world’s first empire.
Who is Sargon?
More productive this allowed for Different workers specializing in performing a particular job or task
What is farming?
This civilization established a library containing legal, medical, religious, and literary texts.
Who are the Assyrians?
an organized society that functions within established geographic boundaries
What is a civilization?
land with different territories and people under a single rule
What is an empire?
This was important to the Sumerians because they believed their gods were responsible for natural events.
What is Religion?
This allowed Mesopotamians to produce a surplus of food.
What is irrigation?
This allowed citizens to know the punishment for specific crimes.
What is Hammurabi's Code?
a ruler of a kingdom or empire
What is a monarch?
the world's first system of writing; developed by the Sumerians
What is Cuneiform?
King of Babylon who eventually brought all of Mesopotamia into his empire, called the Babylonian Empire. Most famous for his code of laws.
Who is Hammurabi?
Mesopotamians interacted with the environment to improve their society by using irrigation to make grazing areas for cattle and sheep, and building these from clay from the riverbanks.
What are bricks?
This civilization mastered ironworking to make the strongest weapons of the time.
Who are the Hittites?
a political unit consisting of a city and its surrounding countryside
What is a city-state?
the worship of many gods
What is Polytheism?
The most famous Chaldean king who rebuilt the city of Babylon. His grand palace featured the famous Hanging Gardens of Babylon.
Who is Nebuchadnezzar?
These are famous Sumerian advancements. (Name Four)
wheel
-sewers
-math based on the number 60 (time, months, circles)
-cuneiform
-cylinder seals
-plow
-sailboats
-clocks
-makeup
-glass jewelry
-bronze tools
This civilization wrote down laws.
Who are the Babylonians?