Mesopotamia
This is a society where men rule and women have few rights.
What is patriarchy?
Sumerians were famous for this product, made from sheep
What is wool?
People who travel from place to place and do not have a permanent home.
Who are nomads?
This is the worship of many gods.
What is polytheism?
This allowed for people in early Mesopotamia to pursue specializations.
What is a food surplus?
A large arc of fertile land that was good for crops to grow.
What is a fertile crescent?
People settled and began communities in this area because of this:
What is it had fertile land to grow crops?
This is the earliest written story we know of
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?
Houses in Mesopotamia were made of this
What are mud bricks?
These were the people who were responsible for reading and writing
Who are scribes?
These were the pyramid shaped buildings where the Sumerians believed the gods lived--shrines.
What is a ziggurat?
Mesopotamia is also known as the "_______ between _____ ______"
What the Land Between Two Rivers?
The two major rivers in Mesopotamia.
What is theTigris and Euphrates Rivers?
A set of beliefs and forms of worship
What is religion?
This is a way of supplying water to the land to water crops.
What is irrigation?
The king who wrote one of the first set of laws called a Code was named
Who is Hammurabi?
Mesopotamia is found on this continent.
What is Asia?
A government where priests rule in the name of god or gods (divine right).
What is a theocracy?
Another word for farming.
What is agriculture?
Before civilizations began people did this for food
What is hunting and gathering?
This is the term referring to the taming of plants and/or animals.
What is domestication?
The people who lived in Mesopotamia were called this.
What is Sumerians?
These are the people of the ruling class.
Who is the aristocracy?
The writing of the Sumerians was called this
What is cuneiform?
These are the people who led religious services and communicated the desires of the gods.
Who was a priest?