Vocabulary
The form of writing.
What is cuneiform
Who served a role between the Sumerians and their gods?
What is a priest?
Mesopotamia was a good place for growing crops because of _________?
What is rich soil?
The Epic of Gilgamesh was so important why?
What is the oldest known use of writing other than record keeping?
A stone or slab pillar that stands on end.
What is a stele?
People who invented the alphabet.
What is Phoenician Traders?
What was surplus traded for?
What is wood, stone, and metal ores?
The belief in more than one god.
A set of laws that governed life in the Babylonian empire.
What is Hammurabi's Code?
What are some technology advances?
What is development of kingship, kings and priests, Written laws, achievements.
The spread of cultural traits from one region to another.
What is cultural diffusion?
Why could people become artisans?
What is specialization?
What are the 8 features of civilization?
What are cities, writing, Arts and Artchitecture, Public Works, Social Classes, Job Specialization, Established Religion, well organized government.
Buildings that rose up in steps, each level of building getting smaller than the one below.
What is a ziggurat?
What 2 land features gave Mesopotamia its name?
What is the Tigris and the Euphrates river?
Sargon conquered Sumer why?
What is constant fighting between city-states that made them weak?