Mesopotamia Ch. 3, Section 1

method of bringing water to a field from another place to water crops

• irrigation

• cuneiform

• empire

• provinces

a curving strip of land that extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf

• Mesopotamia

• Fertile Crescent

• Sumer

• Hammurabi

independent state that had their own government

• city-state

• province

• civilization

• ziggurat

Civilization that is now in the Middle East in the country of Iraq

• Mesopotamia

• Sargon

• Babylon

• Fertile Crescent

a grand temple built by the Sumerians to please the gods

• ziggurat

• church

• empire

• caravan

the written language of the Sumerians consisting of wedge-shaped marks

• scribe

• literature

• cuneiform

• Sargon

A lot of Sumerian literature were written stories that were fictional, such as epics that told stories of a hero that face a challenge

• true

• false

a group of many different lands or areas that are all under one ruler or government

• empire

• province

• civilization

• city-state

a complex society that have cities, organized governments, art, religion, class divisions, and a writing system

• civilization

• city-state

• empire

• province

King of Akkadians, conquered Mesopotamia and set up world's first empire

• Hammurabi

• Sargon

• King Nebuchadnezzar

• Mr. Schruender