Mesopotamia Part 1

small particles of soil

• surplus

• irrigation

• silt

supplying land with water through a network of canals

• surplus

• irrigation

• scribe

an amount that is leftover after everyone has had some

• city-state

• surplus

• irrigation

a city that governs itself and its surrounding areas

• polytheism

• ziggurat

• city-state

• ziggurat

• polytheism

• surplus

a pyramid-shaped structure with a temple at the top

• ziggurat

• city-state

• silt

an ancient system of writing

• scribes

• ziggurat

• cuneiform

a person who writes things down. a recordkeeper

• cunneiform

• irrigation

• scribe

a long poem telling about a hero's actions

• scribe

• epic

• irrigation

A group of different lands controlled by one ruler

• scribe

• empire

• epic