Mesopotamia Vocabulary
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- Q1Greek word meaning "The Land Between the Rivers."Mesopotamia30sEditDelete
- Q2Two rivers that flow into the Persian Gulf. Their plains formed Mesopotamia.Tigris and Euphrates30sEditDelete
- Q3Mesopotamia is often referred to by this term, because the world's first civilization (Sumer) began there. It is considered the birth place of civilization.Cradle of Civilization30sEditDelete
- Q4A collection of kingdoms or regions under one powerful ruler.Empire30sEditDelete
- Q5The world's first civilization. It was located in the southern area of Mesopotamia where the Tigris and Euphrates came together.Sumer30sEditDelete
- Q6First people of Mesopotamia, who built the world's first cities. Their empire lasted from 3,500 BCE to 2,000 BCE.Sumerians30sEditDelete
- Q7A geographical area of fertile land in the Middle East stretching in a broad semicircle from the Nile to the Tigris and Euphrates.Fertile Crescent30sEditDelete
- Q8An ancient city-state of Mesopotamia where many laws were created.Babylon30sEditDelete
- Q9People who ruled Mesopotamia after the Sumerians. They were known for their architecture and system of laws. Their empire lasted from 1,800 BCE to 900 BCE.Babylonians30sEditDelete
- Q10A king of Babylon. His reign is often described as the "Golden Age of Babylon" because he established many new laws.Hammurabi30sEditDelete
- Q11Civilization in northern Mesopotamia that had a strong army, and in 900 BCE controlled all of Fertile Crescent.Assyria30sEditDelete
- Q12War-like people of Assyria who ruled from 900 BCE to 600 BCE.Assyrians30sEditDelete
- Q13The ancient Sumerians constructed these raised areas of earth, in order to hold back the flood waters from the destructive seasonal flooding of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.Levees30sEditDelete
- Q14A system of bringing water to crops when rainfall was scarce or did not occur regularly. This helped keep soil fertile.Irrigation30sEditDelete
- Q15The ancient Mesopotamians organized themselves into these areas. They consisted of the city, the surrounding mud brick wall, and the surrounding farmland. They often competed among each other.City-State30sEditDelete
- Q16A temple located in the center of each city-state. It housed the city-state's patron god. The term means "mountain of god" or "hill of heaven." Since it was a sacred place, only priests could enter it.Ziggurat30sEditDelete
- Q17The world's first writing system, created by Sumerians. The term means "wedge-shaped."Cuneiform30sEditDelete
- Q18A wedge-shaped writing instrument made out of reed plants. The Sumerians wrote on wet clay tablets with this tool.Stylus30sEditDelete
- Q19A Sumerian school where young boys learned reading, writing, and math.Edubba30sEditDelete
- Q20A professional writer or record keeper.Scribe30sEditDelete