RED
The unquestioned ruler of a city-state.
King
A large collection of territory controlled by one ruler.
Empire
Having to do with war, weapons and soldiers.
Military
Large groups of traveling merchants.
Caravan
GNIK
KING
The system of bringing water to dry land.
Irrigation
Having extra amounts of a particular item.
Surplus
The name of the land between the Tigris & Euphrates.
Mesopotamia
The independently ruled settlements and the land they controlled.
City-states
RATIMYIL
MILITARY
A religion that believes more than one god.
Polytheism
A section of an Empire.
Province
Payments to an empire from conquered areas.
Tribute
Professional Record Keepers.
Scribes
POOMAMASTESI
MESOPOTAMIA
Two major rivers in Mesopotamia.
Tigris & Euphrates
Name referring to the good farmland in Mesopotamia.
Fertile Crescent
Developed a large empire around 1100 BC.
Babylon
Humanity’s first written language.
Cuneiform
EIOUCFMR
CUNEIFORM
One of the original cities of Mesopotamia.
Ur, Uruk & Eridu
The 1st Empire. Began in 1800s BCE.
Akkad
The last and largest Mesopotamian Empire.
Assyria
Mesopotamian City Hall/ town spiritual and government center.
Ziggurat
TAZRIGGU
ZIGGURAT