Mesopotamia Vocabulary

A system of bringing water to crops made by humans.

• drinking fountains

• irrigation

• polytheism

Belief in many gods.

• polytheism

• monotheism

• ziggurat

a person whose job was to read and write

• priest

• soldier

• scribe

A person whose job was to pray to the gods, teach, and be a doctor.

• priest

• artisan

• merchant

able to grow something

• fertile

• fantastic

• irrigation

Mesopotamian system of writing

• polytheism

• merchant

• cuneiform

A person who bought and sold goods.

• merchant

• artisan

• soldier

A person who made goods, like clothes, weapons, shoes, etc.

• king

• artisan

• priest

A Mesopotamian temple

• ziggurat

• zydeco

• priest

King Hammurabi is famous for

• winning Fortnite

• writing down poetry

• writing down laws