Mesopotamia Study Guide Review

large arc of fertile farmland located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.

• irrigation

• city-states

• Sumer

• fertile crescent

the world's first system of writing.

• Cunieform

• Polythesitic

• Ziggurat

• Hammurabi's code

a way of supplying water to an area of land.

• surplus

• achievements

• irrigation

• fertile crescent

a pyramid shaped temple tower used for religious ceremonies.

• shrine

• cuneiform

• Ziggurat

• city-states

consisted of a city and all the countryside around it.

• Sumer

• Mesopotamia

• City-State

• surplus

A mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks.

• fertile crescent

• ziggurat

• silt

• irrigation systems

the name given to "the land between the rivers"

• Mesopotamia

• Sumer

• city-states

• nomads

Dividing people into jobs to accomplish tasks in order for the civilization to be successful

• Division of Labor

• Mesopotamia

• Cuneiform

• City-State

Human made waterways used for navigation or farming.

• Code of Hammurabi

• Fertile Crescent

• Canals

• Surplus

producing more goods/crops than was needed: extra used for trade.

• Cuneiform

• Irrigation

• Surplus

• Dramatic