curved strip of good farmland, Mesopotamia is a PART of this location

Neolithic Age

to supply water to their crops

a city-state

System that supplies dry land with water through ditches, pipes & streams

City that governs itself and its surrounding territory

hunter-gatherers

"land between the rivers"

flooding created rich, fertile soil

City that governs itself and its surrounding territory

a person who can write

Exchange of goods from person/place to another

Belief in more than one god

Belief in one god

Unpredictable flooding

"highways" for trade

Large, pyramid shaped temple that honors the gods

Farmers

Form of triangle shaped writing

Curved strip of good farmland, Mesopotamia is located here

System of writing developed by Sumerians & later used by the Mesopotamians

Large, pyramid shaped temple that honors the gods

Paleolithic Age

Made agriculture possible

Unpredictable flooding

Destroyed homes, crops & livestock

"highways" for trade

Made agriculture possible

Unpredictable flooding

Destroyed homes, crops & livestock

"highways" for trade

priests

kings

skilled workers

slaves

They worked closely with the priests and respected their work.

Sumerians believed that each city was protected by a particular god.

They used a system of writing.

The flooding of the rivers was both helpful and harmful.

Set of laws that were written down for everyone to understand and obey.

"Land between the rivers"

People in the middle class were responsible for keeping the city-state operating.

Irrigation was used to control flooding and water crops.

a city-state

cuneiform

The seed funnel

bartering