Mesopotamia Introduction

These are complex societies. They have cities, organized governments, art, religion, classes, and a writing system.

• irrigation

• ziggarats

• polytheism

• civilization

Mesopotamia: The land between

• the sun and the moon

• time

• two rivers

• two civilizations

The writing system of the Sumerians.

• artisan

• ziggurat

• irrigation

• cuneiform

Found along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, this was the first river civilization location.

• Great Barrier Reef

• Fertile Crescent

• Sahara Desert

• Amazon Delta

Bringing water to the fields to grow crops

• irrigation

• class structure

• cuneiform

• polytheism

Civilizations are complex societies that have , , , ,

• cities

• governments

• art

• religion

• a writing system

The first major civilization in Mesopotamia was in a region called

• Summer

• Sumer

• Egypt

• Cuneiform

The most important foods in Sumer were

• wheat

• barley

• rice

• dates

A long poem that tells the story of a hero.

• wagon

• epic

• plow

• all the answers are correct

This was invented by the Sumerians to carry goods and people from place to place.

• wagon wheel

• epic

• plow

• sixty