mesopotamian civilization

Greek for "land between the rivers"

• Mesopotamia
• irrigation
• city-state
• cunneiform

a form of writing developed by the people of Sumer

• cuneiform
• civilization
• city-state
• Mesopotamia

a method that brings water to crops

• cuneiform
• city-states
• irrigation

Where did the first civilizations rise?

• near the sea
• in the desert
• Near rivers valleys

The Sumerian temples that were built to honor their chief gods were called what?

• ziggurat
• scribe
• cradle

Skilled workers, such as metal workers, cloth makers, and pottery makers.

• priests
• artisans
• merchants

Who wrote a legal code that covered most areas of daily life?

• Nebuchadnezzar
• Gilgamesh
• Hammurabi
• Nineveh

People who study and write about the human past are called?

• nomads
• Historians
• astronomers
• merchants

mesopotamia means

• land between two kings

• land between two rivers

• land between two lands

The rivers that were around Mesopotamia were called

• Tigris and Euphrates

• Black Sea and Dead Sea

• Mediterranean River