Mesopotamia Vocab

The largest and tallest building in every city-state which was a temple

• ziggurat

• pyramid

• courthouse

• church

Sumerian's writing system of wedged shaped symbols

• cuneiform

• hyroglyphics

• letters

• drawings

People who recorded things for others

• scribes

• doctors

• lawyers

• teachers

Required payment from one ruler to a more powerful ruler

• tribute

• tax

• bill

• statement

In ancient times, the geographic area located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

• Silt

• Mesopotamia

• Mashed Potatoes

• Sumer

An area in Southern Mesopotamia, where cities first appeared.

• Tigris

• Silt

• Mesopotamia

• Sumer

Mesopotamia means

• the land between temples

• the land between rivers

• the land between Eagles

• the land between people

The first known civilization in Mesopotamia

• Akkadian

• Babylonian

• Sumerian

• Assyrian

The river that was crucial to Mesopotamian agriculture

• Nile

• Amazon

• Tigris

• Yangtze

The writing material used by Mesopotamians

• Papyrus

• Clay tablets

• Parchment

• Paper