Ancient Mesopotamia

The earliest form of writing. It was invented by the Sumerians.

• silt

• cuneiform

• Sargon

• empire

The supply of water to fields using a human-made system.

• irrigation

• ziggurat

• silt

• polytheism

The belief in many gods.

• monotheism

• irrigation

• ziggurat

• polytheism

Especially fine and fertile soil.

• silt

• ziggurat

• legacy

• artisan

A pyramid shaped temple in Sumerian city-states.

• silt

• famine

• tribute

• ziggurat

Define irrigation.

• digging canals to let water flow from a water source to fields for farming

• side by side, but never crossing

• made up of; composed of

• The land between two rivers (Greek)

The Fertile Crescent is present-day...

• Egypt
• Iran
• Iraq
• Persia

The only people in Mesopotamia who could read or write were...

• kings
• merchants
• priests
• scribes

___________ was located in the Fertile Crescent.

• Sumeria
• Mesopotamia
• Egypt
• Africa

Cuneiform was the first ______.

• Spoken language
• Test
• Poem
• Written language