Ancient Mesopotamia

a long poem that records the deeds of a legendary or real hero

• myth
• caravans
• bazaar
• epic

a belief in one God

• Gilgamesh
• monotheism
• polytheism
• scribe

Land between two rivers

• Fertile Crescent
• city-state
• empire
• Mesopotamia

a pyramid-shaped structure with a temple at the tops, has many terraces

• pyramid
• ziggurat
• Ishtar
• battering ram

writing developed by the Sumerians that used wedge-shaped marks made in soft clay

• writing
• monotheism
• cuneiform
• fertile crescent

a city that governs itself and its surrounding territory

• city-state
• province
• empire
• Mesopotamia

Curved strip of land that runs from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf

• Mesopotamia
• Fertile Crescent
• silt
• Babylon

a system that supplies dry land with water through ditches, pipes, or streams

• Fertile Crescent
• polytheism
• cuneiform
• irrigation

What are the two main rivers in Mesopotamia?

• Tigris and Nile
• Tigris and Amazon
• Tigris and Euphrates
• Euphrates and Mississippi

Why was writing first invented?

• for texting
• to write stories
• for fun
• to keep records