On the Map
an area of land located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
What is Mesopotamia?
a group of people who have a complex and organized society within a culture
What is a civilization?
the worship of many gods
What is polytheism?
This group of people live in the SOUTHERN region of Mesopotamia.
Who are the Sumerians?
This form of wedge-shaped writing was created by the Sumerians and practiced by the professional writers known as scribes.
What is cuneiform?
an area of land located in the Middle East that has soil good for growing crops
What is the Fertile Crescent?
an area of land with common physical features
What is a region?
The gods and goddesses were responsible for the _____________ of the people and the _____________ of the land.
This group of people lived in the NORTHERN region of Mesopotamia.
Who are the Akkadians?
The Sumerians invented a writing system in this year.
What is 3200 BC?
The Fertile Crescent stretched from the mouth of the Mediterranean Sea to the mouth of this body of water.
What is the Persian Gulf?
a city with its own form of government, customs, and traditions (like a small nation)
What is a city-state?
The belief that the right to rule was god given and can be passed down from father to son is known as
What is divine kingship?
The Sumerians and Akkadians had similar customs and practiced similar ________ and ________ methods.
What are farming and business?
The Tigris and Euphrates rivers provided a source of transportation which allowed Mesopotamians to spread their culture to other parts of the world through this
What is trade?
Mesopotamia is known as this
What is the "land between the rivers?"
an organized community with established laws and traditions
What is a society?
Temple priests made offerings to the gods daily by burning incense and providing them with this
What is food and drink?
This Akkadian ruler conquered one city-state after another and united all city-states in Mesopotamia to form the first empire.
Who is Sargon?
This system of trenches and ditches was established to help farmers water their crops during low rainfall.
What is an irrigation system?
Today, the Fertile Crescent is a part of the following countries located in south-eastern Asia (name at least 3 of the countries)
What are Jordan, Israel, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon?
a large area of land consisting of many different places under the control of a single ruler
What is an empire?
These structures were built to provide an earthly homes for the gods and link the heavens to the earth.
What are ziggurats?
The last and most successful dynasty, or ruling family in the city-state of Ur was established by this king
Who is King Ur-Nammu?
These advancements established by the Mesopotamians Sumerians helped later cultures flourish (Name at least three.)
What are a system of writing, a written law code, the wheel, irrigation systems, the plow?